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Château Barateau |
(Haut-Médoc - France) |
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Barateau Cru Bourgeois, Red Wine
| 2002 |
| Tasting |
A pretty dark purple color; a nose that is first fresh, minty and spicy, followed by dominant aromas of red fruits, accompanied by toasty and chocolaty notes; the attack is honest and clean; the wine grows in power in the mouth and achieves a long finish, perfumed with vanilla aromas and with a lingering slightly spicy feel. |
| 2001 |
| Tasting |
A lovely purple color with touches of violet; a very pleasant nose with aromas of jammy blackberry and Morello cherry with toasty and chocolaty notes and a hint of mint; the attack is fresh and clean, the finish is long and pleasantly toasty. |
| 2000 |
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Good, sustained ruby/garnet color; a charming nose with aromas of very ripe red fruits accompanied by a touch of mint, licorice and clove; a balanced attack, very rounded, with silky tannins. The finish blossoms from the whole feel of the wine. |
| 1999 |
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Pretty vermilion color; delicate nose with grape aromas; rounded, fresh attack on a fine, elegant body; traditional wine that will satisfy lovers of young wines because of its soft side, but whose peak will be in a few years' time. |
| 1998 |
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Cardinal red color with touches of cherry; attractive, complex nose of jammy red berries; rounded attack on a well structured body; open finish; needs keeping to reach its peak. |
| 1997 |
| Tasting |
Clear, bright color with slight touches of brick red; ample nose with slight toasty and chocolaty notes; soft, rounded attack, well smoothed tannins and a noticeable finish, ready for drinking. |
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| Barateau Cuvée Prestige, Red Wine
Coming from the best plots and subject to the most attentive care, benefiting from a long period in new barrels, this Cuvée is an exceptional wine to be kept for long periods: concentrated, rich and with a generous finish, showing beautiful balance. Every year the label shows a different painted scene on the theme of wine. This Cuvée is available for the vintages from 1994 to 2002.
| 2002 |
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Pretty ruby red color with nuances of purple; powerful nose of rose, raspberry and blackberry, accompanied by toasted woody and chocolaty notes mixed with notes of cherry and kirsch. In the mouth, the tannins are already rounded and supple. This vintage achieves a great deal of power, breadth and body. It needs keeping for five or six years before its true value can begin to be appreciated. |
| 2001 |
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Pretty cherry red color slightly tinged with purple; fresh, mint nose, opening on notes of cherry and raspberry, then plums; the attack is clean and powerful, with licorice notes blending with the fruity aromas; the finish is long and intense, with vanilla. This is a wine with great power which will need a few years maturing to develop its potential and become supple. |
| 2000 |
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Dark ruby color with touches of violet; an intense, balanced nose with aromas of very ripe red fruits and slight licorice and mint notes; the attack in the mouth develops power and roundness and the perfumes of Morello cherry or blackcurrant are enveloped in notes of toasted vanilla. This wine, which brings together power and complexity, will benefit from being kept to obtain the quintessence that will be achieved when everything blends together. |
| 1999 |
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A lovely dark ruby and garnet color; ample, generous nose; firm, well presented attack with an excellent structure on rounded, mature tannins; a generous wine with great potential. |
| 1998 |
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Magnificent ruby and garnet color; vanilla, cinnamon and slightly licorice nose; rounded, opulent attack with mature, rounded tannins; a persistent finish with a pleasant sweetness; a certain winner. |
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La Cuvée de Saint-Sauveur, Red Wine
Second wine from Château Barateau, more supple and fruity, this is an easy drinking and pleasant wine created to be drunk straightaway.
| 2003 |
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Second wine from Château Barateau, this is a supple, easy-drinking, pleasant wine, created to be drunk young. |
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B du Chateau Barateau, Dry White Wine
| 2003 |
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well balanced, it can be drunk by itself and it is also a very good accompaniment to grilled fish. |
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