1970 | Chateau Magdelaine | Saint-Emilion Fashion

1970 | Chateau Magdelaine | Saint-Emilion

Red Wine: 1970 | Chateau Magdelaine | Saint-Emilion

Fantastic blackberries, blackcurrants, lead pencil and violets. Full-bodied with a dense, layered palate and tight yet plush tannins that give the wine layers and gravitas. Compact. Long finish.

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Producer: Chateau Magdelaine

Ratings: JG | 93  WS | 92

Vintage: 1970

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Detailed Description

Medium garnet, cedary nose, with green tea nuances and cranberries emerging firm, lively and tannic, with concentrated though unevolved fruit flavors, a big wine, with much personality and style.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: Our first bottle of the 1970 at our recent May tasting was corked, but happily we had a backup bottle. However, as it was pressed into service promptly, it did not get much time in decanter to blossom properly and my score may be a bit conservative because of this lack of aeration. The bouquet is pure and complex, offering up scents of black cherries, sweet dark berries, cigar ash, woodsmoke, sealing wax, a lovely base of chalk and still a touch of new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and beautifully resolved, with a good core, melted tannins, good acids and fine length and grip on the very well balanced finish. A lovely bottle, but I have had even better ones in recent times and this again, my just reflect our not being able to give this bottle enough time to completely blossom.

• Wine Spectator: Medium garnet; cedary nose, with green tea nuances and cranberries emerging; firm, lively and tannic, with concentrated though unevolved fruit flavors; a big wine, with much personality and style.

Producer Information

Château Bélair-Monange is a Bordeaux winery and vineyard rated as a Grand Cru Classé B in the classification of Saint-Émilion estates. It makes red wine based on Merlot with a subsidiary component of Cabernet Franc. It was known as Château Bélair (Dubois-Challon) until the 2008 vintage. The vineyard is located just outside Saint-Émilion village. Since the 2012 merger with Châtea Magdeleine (see below) it covers 23.5 hectares. 2014 saw the debut of the second wine, Annonce de Bélair-Monange. The third wine is Haut Roc Blanquant (Grand Cru). Plantings are 90 percent Merlot and 10 percent Cabernet Franc. The last few vines of Malbec and Petit Verdot were removed by the current owners, Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix. Vines are on average around 40 years old, with some planted in the 1930s and a few plants dating back as far as the 1900s. A large scale replanting programme is being spread out over the coming decades. In the sections of vineyard on the plateau and top terrace, soils are limestone. Vines at the peak of the plateau (88m/288ft) are considered to enjoy the best terroir. The parcels on the lower slopes have a combination of clay and limestone.