2011-CHÂTEAU-GRAND-CORBIN-DESPAGNE-Grand-Cru-Saint-Emilion-Château-Grand-Corbin-Despagne

CHÂTEAU GRAND CORBIN DESPAGNE

2010 Grand Cru Saint Emilion

Grapes Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Merlot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Saint Emilion & Satellites
Village Saint Emilion
Classification Grand Cru
ABV 13%

Rich for this wine, but still restrained enough. Compact and well-made. Good juice and flow, it tastes like real wine. The oakiness present but not too flamboyant, it's nicely tight-grained, dry and harmonious. Likely to offer good value again. Rating: 91 L&S (Apr 2011)


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A dense purple color and notes of incense, graphite, blueberries and raspberries are followed by a wine that appears to have just come out of malolactic fermentation given its primary, broodingly backward style. It possesses good depth and richness, but it needs to come together. 2015-2028. Rating: 88-90 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, www.RobertParker.com (May 2011)

(75% merlot, 24% cabernet franc and 1% cabernet sauvignon; 3.65 pH; 88 IPT; 14.2% alcohol) Dark ruby. Lovely high-pitched floral/mineral aromas of cassis and coffee. Fresh and perfumed in the mouth, offering concentrated flavors similar to the aromas. This juicy, fresh wine finishes a little simple, but with good grip and a lingering floral quality. Rating: 86-89 Ian d'Agata, www.vinousmedia.com (May 2011)

This has a very refined bouquet with dark cherries, Maraschino and a touch of cassis with fine delineation. The palate is well balanced with supple tannins on the entry, very pure and precise towards the finish. This is a very fine Grand Corbin Despagne. Rating: 90-92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Apr 2011)

Château Grand Corbin-Despagne

Unusual in Bordeaux is to find the family that gave an estate its name – or, in this case, part of its name – still in situ but, at Château Grand Corbin-Despagne, François Despagne is the latest in a line of Despagnes going back to Louis Despagne who purchased some vines here in 1812. The Corbin estate had been, in antiquity, a vast estate to rival neighbouring Château Figeac and counted the Black Prince amongst its owners, but was divided and sub-divided over the years such that several estates have Corbin in their name. The Despagne family gradually accumulated more vineyard and, by 1852, it had reached its current 26ha. The vineyards are in the north-west corner of the St Emilion appellation, some distance from most of the famous châteaux, but near to Château Cheval Blanc. They are planted to 75% Merlot and 24% Cabernet Franc with the remaining 1% being small plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. The vineyards are in the process of conversion to organic viticulture.

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