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The wine
- Colour
- Rosso
- Alcohol
- 13.5% vol
Critics' scores
- Robert Parker / Wine Advocate 88
Readers should be aware that this is a wine I underrated in my original report on the 1998 vintage. It is performing better out of bottle than it did from cask. With age, the mid-section has filled out and the wine has put on weight. A deep plum/garnet color is accompanied by an up-front, seductive nose of melted licorice, cedar, plums, black cherries, and cassis. This attractive Talbot is nicely-textured and medium to full-bodied, with sweet tannin. It is pleasing to see how this wine has matured. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2016.
- Wine Spectator 88
Aromas of coffee, plum and blackberry follow through to a full body, with soft and round tannins and tar, berry and roasted coffee bean undertones.—'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Drink now. 25,000 cases made. –JS
- René Gabriel 17
99: Fassprobe (16/20): Würziges, jedoch strenges Bouquet, viel Zedern, aber auch Teertöne. Im Gaumen charaktervoll, bourgeoise Konturen, kernig sandiger Fluss, nachhaltiges Finale, fehlt etwas an Konzentration. 03: Dunkle, tiefe Farbe, kräftiges Weinrot. Eher schlankes, stark von Röstnoten geprägtes Bouquet, Nusstöne, Waldhimbeeren. Mittlerer Gaumen, muskulös und gut stützende Tannine, herrliche, rotbeerige Süsse im Extrakt, wird gegen das Finale immer fetter, macht so richtig Spass. Konnte somit glücklicherweise seit seiner Fassprobe zulegen. austrinken (2004 - 2013)
The producer: Château Talbot
This outstanding Left Bank estate owes its name to Connétable Talbot, the English general and governor of the province of Guyenne who was defeated at the famous Battle of Castillon in 1453. His downfall ended over 340 years of British control in the Bordeaux region. Today, Château Talbot owns 107-hectares of vineyards cultivated in the heart of the Saint-Julien commune. Initially a Cordier négociant group, Talbot has been maintained by the family members to this date, with Nancy Bignon Cordier and her husband Jean-Paul Bignon currently safeguarding Talbot’s deep-seated high-quality standards. With some of the finest terroir in Médoc, the château receives valuable guidance from the skilled enologist Jacques Boissenot and consulting vintner, Stéphane Derenoncourt. The resulting wines are praised internationally for their open character and well-rounded tannins, which makes the wines both approachable and age-worthy. In the spirit of tradition with a modern twist, the second wine Connétable de Talbot is rich with notes of cedar wood and vanilla like its older sibling, the layered Grand Vin, Talbot.