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(Jan. 21, 2025) …<\/strong> We are here at another consultant tasting. This one is organized into Left and Right bank wines for us … plus there are a few white wines we tasted at the end just to cleanse our palate – including a Chardonnay (?), I have some comments about that one.<\/p>\n What you will find here is my typical three-star ranking, Good\/Better\/Best style … there were close to 70 wines tasted today. The top wines received notes; the lower tier, just a score. Let’s get right to it … or is that left to you? Whichever, let’s begin:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n LEFT BANK <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n TWO star wines …<\/strong><\/em> Chateau Deyrem Valentin 2022 Margaux<\/em><\/span> Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse 2022 Pauillac<\/em><\/span> Chateau Haut Beausejour 2022 Saint Estephe<\/em><\/span> Chateau L’Eperon 2022 L’Esprit du L’Eperon<\/em><\/span> Chateau Laurence 2022 Petit Laurence <\/em><\/span> Chateau Meyney 2022 Saint Estephe<\/em><\/span> Chateau Siran 2022 Margaux<\/em><\/span> ONE star wines …<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Chateau Charmail 2022 Haut Medoc<\/em><\/span> _____________________________<\/p>\n RIGHT BANK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n THREE star wines …<\/strong><\/em> TWO star wines …<\/strong><\/em> Chateau Plain-Point 2022 Fronsac<\/em><\/span> Chateau Thenac 2022 Bergerac<\/em><\/span> Chateau Trianon 2022 Saint Emilion Grand Cru <\/em> <\/span> ONE star wines<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Chateau Adaugusta 2022 Saint Emilion Grand Cru<\/em><\/span> _____________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHITE WINES<\/strong> ONE star wines …<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Chateau la Fleur de Bouard 2022 Chardonnay<\/em><\/span> Chateau la Fleur de Bouard 2022 Sauvignon<\/span> (Jan. 21, 2025) … We are here at another consultant tasting. This one is organized into Left and Right bank wines for us … plus there are a few white wines we tasted at the end just to cleanse our palate – including a Chardonnay (?), I have some comments about that one. What you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-road-with-the-grape-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bouard](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bouard_Left_Bank.png\")
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Chateau Arnauld 2022 Haut Medoc<\/em><\/span>
Have tried this wine in years past in Toronto and it is still a good bottle: complex and fruit forward with enough backing from the wood, tannins and acidity to make it appealing. <\/p>\n
Tasted before, liked it, tasted again, liked it even more … chcolate and spice with good acidity and lots of black fruit <\/p>\n
Good depth of character, nice fruit, drinkable, slightly smoky, acidity to balance; nice finish. <\/p>\n
Dark cherries and plums, a little bit smoky with some cigar box adding depth – very approachable now. <\/p>\n
Has a brightness and freshness that proves very drinkable; cherry and tobacco with a nice finish.<\/p>\n
Depth and some complexity; fruit matches up with the wood – this is a real charmer of a wine <\/p>\n
Nicely balanced with spice, acidity, dark fruit and smoke. <\/p>\n
Nice spicy character to this wine … fruit is a little muted, but there is some jump on the palate that make it exciting. <\/p>\n
Chateau du Rosair 2022 Bordeaux Rouge<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse 2022 Prelude<\/em><\/span>
Chateau L’Eperon 2022 L’Eclat du Chateau L’Eperon Black Edition<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Lamothe-Bergeron 2022 Haut Medoc<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Larose-Trintaudon 2022 Haut Medoc<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Laurence 2022 Bordeaux Superieur<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Meyney 2022 Prieur de Meyney<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Tour de Pez 2022 Saint Estephe<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Tour des Termes 2022 Saint Estephe<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n![\"Bouard](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bouard_Right_Bank.png\")
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Chateau la Fleur de Bouard 2022 Lalande de Pomerol ![\"Bouard](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bouard_2022_bottle.png\")
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Juicy and tasty – there is some real delicious dark fruit here backed by spice and some good acidity. Definitely purchase worthy, storage worthy and drink-worthy. I’ve done all those. <\/p>\n
Chateau la Fleur de Bouard 2022 Le Plus de la Fleur Bouard<\/em><\/span>
This is old vines Merlot – a little lean and one note with blueberry, blackberry and spice: but that note is tasty. <\/p>\n
Lots of deep rich black fruits – good spice and balancing acidity. Fronsac comes thru again, it’s a region to definitely look for – and the prices are very affordable. <\/p>\n
Good fruit with blackberry, black cherry and spice. <\/p>\n
Juicy with dark fruits, silky tannins and smooth texture – good acidity balances it off nicely.
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Chateau de Carles 2022 Haut Carles (Fronsac)<\/em><\/span>
Chateau la Croix Younan 2022 Icone de la Croix Younan<\/em><\/span>
Chateau la Croix Younan 2022 Saint Emilion Grand Cru<\/em><\/span>
Chateau la Fleur de Bouard 2022 Le Lion de la Fleur Bouard – Lalande de Pomerol<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Thenac 2022 Fleur de Thenac<\/em><\/span>
Chateau Thenac 2022 La porte des neves de vin (1621)<\/em><\/span>
Clos Bertineau 2022 IGP Atlantique<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
TWO star wines …<\/strong><\/em>
Chateau Plain Point 2022 Blanc<\/em><\/span>
Ripe SB mixed with Semillon (?) the acidity is good with some bitterness and pith notes. <\/p>\n
Chardonnay planted in Bordeaux soil – is this sacrilegious? Will dogs start sleeping with cats? Will the earth explode? There is a nice spicy character to this wine, and the fruit is good. This is not the future of Bordeaux, but it certainly is interesting.<\/p>\n
Chateau Thenac 2022 Bergerac<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Bouard](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bouard_Bouard_4.png\")
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