Château Haut-Bailly - Cru Classé de Graves & Château Faurie de Souchard Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emilion
musical winesChâteau Haut-Bailly
AOC Pessac-Léognan – Cru Classé de Graves – 1998
Cépages / grapes : 65% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 10% cabernet franc (red)
Elevage / maturing : 18 months (50% new barrels)
Terroir / soil : floor of sands mixed with fossil stone basement and dragged Graves of tertiary
Température de service / temperature of service : 16 à 17°C
« Wine4Melomanes » l’accord musical et vin / music & wine pairings :
Kochoyan / Viret / Moutin « Burladero Paso » 1998 (Hong Kong Express LP)
Deep ruby glass full, ruby pale on the edge, this great wine « vintage 98 » intense olfactory aromas of black fruit jams, violet, licorice and vanilla swirl to the nose in the image of the delicate melody of the trio of jazz piano bass drums deploying their magical games guided by the expert hands of jazzmen.
In the mouth, a beautiful youth speaks, accompanied with freshness that emphasize instrumental jazz by the sounds and specific mediums to treble, supported by the serious bass expressing fineness of harmonious tannic structure.
A suave length on the slightly peppery cassis is currently very interesting this accomplished wine, one of the jewel of its name on this vintage.
Château Faurie de Souchard
AOC Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé – 2009
Cépages / grapes : 70% merlot, 24% cabernet franc et 6% cabernet sauvignon (red)
Elevage / maturing : 16 months (50% new barrels)
Terroir / soil : hillsides South clay-limestone
Température de service / temperature of service : 16 à 17°C
« Wine4Melomanes » l’accord musical et vin / music & wine pairings :
Matthew Halsall « Colour yes » 2009 (same LP)
The ruby deep of this wine reveals a discreet nose around the cassis, plum d’Antan and cocoa associating itself with the delicate soprano sax aubade played by the young soloist English jazzman supported by his acolytes.
In the mouth, we have a slender right wine with a fine tannic structure with aromas of black fruit, chocolate and chalk: music composition ricochets subtly piano to wind instruments declining the harmony of the senses involved in this well-balanced wine tasting and faithfully reflecting its terroir.
Dégustations en Décembre 2013
