Glad to hear your excitement on this wine and the 2019 vintage. I've got three bottles of d'Armailhac, and a whole lot more 2019s than I originally planned to haha. Great review...this chateau is always nice for the price. Cheers!
Excellent review! You state it is a more classic vintage. 2019 is rather high in alcohol (14-14.5% ABV). Is that in line with the classic profile? In general, the traditional styles are lower on alcohol, hence my question.
Unus: let me check my bottle at home to see the alcohol content. Didn't seem that alcoholic to me so would be surprised if it was that high. Very balanced. By classic, I think the fruit is much more understated but not austere. Medium body with slight greenness. That too me is what the vintages like96 and 98 tasted like young so I am guessing that is what this vintage end up like. Cheers!
Jonnhy: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. I am glad you agree with my initial assessment. As I said in my video, I think this vintage will firm up a bit in a 3-5 years, which is much different from the typical Bordeaux life cycle. Cheers!
Great review! I happened to pick a bottle of this about a year ago at Costco (primary motivating factor: the interesting label!), and I think based on what you're noticing with the wine currently and how it will develop, I will wait another 3-4 years until opening it!
Great review Tony! Very interesting take about the 2019 vintage. I have heard from a few people that the 18 vintage is super high alcohol and modern style that the wines almost start to taste like napa cabs. I personally prefer the classic style.Your review makes me happy that I picked up quite a bit of 19s. Have you tried other 19s? Would love to hear your thoughts.
Great review. I bought 7 different cases en primeuer Bordeaux 2019 Malescot skt Exupery. Branaire Ducru. Pedeclaux. Phelan segur. Malartic Lagraviere. Laroque and Saintayme. I have tasted all of them. All is great and share the same chatasteristics. As you said very impressive and aproachable with soft tannins yet clearly cabable of long term ageing. A great vintage in my opinion and the wines where all arond 25% percent lower in price than 2018 due to covid. Awesome buys.
Great review! I saw this one nearby my house and I should try it someday. Could you do a review on “second-wine” of those first growths, like Le Petit Mouton. Cuz wines from first growth are so hard to get and so pricey hah.
Claudius: thank for viewing my video and your comment. Yes, that is a good idea but the second wines of the 1st growths are not that inexpensive either. I have to do one more of the first growths (Margaux) and I will endeavor to start to review some of the 2nd wines of the 1st growths next year. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Great video Trophy! I actually tried 3 different vintages after watching your video. I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite wine, but it’s a nice growth wine considering the price and quite easy to drink.
GY: yes I agree with your assessment. Never really the best Pauillac but good enough to be pretty respectable. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Thanks for the review! Bordeaux premium wines, especially from left bank (all the crus classés basically), are quite austere when they are young but here it seem to be already enjoyable, any tips on how to guess it in advance?
rosso: thank you for viewing my video and your question. No way to tell other than to taste yourself. I get some flack for drinking Bordeaux too early but this is the advantage of having a history of tasting early...you can compare between different vintages and extrapolate or have an educated guess as to where the vintage will end up. I was surprised by 2019 but this is just my first bottle and initial comments. I might try a few others to see if they have the same taste profile. Cheers!
RB: up next this weekend is 1986 Pavillon Rouge (which scored 84 pts Wine Spectator). Upcoming reviews are Le Petit Cheval 2016 and Domaine de Villaine's 1er Cru in Rully. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter recently watched a lecture by winemaker of Liber Pater, extremely facinating stuff… it will change your perspective on Bordeaux. let me find a youtube link
@@Ruirspirul not sure if it was you but other viewer mentioned this wine. Again, I have never seen it so interested in tasting but if it expensive, I wouldn't take a flier on it. Haven't seen it at auction or among my Trophy drinkers so it must be pretty low key or unavailable for most consumers. Cheers!
I don’t have this wine yet but i can get it for €64 a bottle.. i am fan of Bordeaux with high acidity and fressness, this review sounds like good wine for me.
I don’t think that it is the case for all the left bank 2019’s. I think Margaux is still more fruity and black fruits. Don’t you think that Pauillac is always a little more terroir driven?
RB: not exactly which point you are speaking about but you are correct, that I probably generalized in my comments as I think this is one of the first 2019s I have tried. But I was surprised by the depth of flavor and really fleshy for a new wine with a lot of depth. Good point about Pauillac. I do plan to do a video on Pauillac soon. Cheers!
@@rb1084 sorry read your comment incorrectly. By a sleeper vintage, I mean that it is under the radar...that basically the vintage is sleeping in consumer minds but it is really actually a great vintage. Not even sure if I am using the term correctly or I just made it up myself! Also means even though the wine seems to be sleeping, you should watch out as this wine/vintage might awaken and break out to the upside. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter But aren't the 2018, 2019 and 2020 vintages described as excellent vintages? With all three different characters, maybe not perfect but very good. So I would expect this to be seen as an interesting vintage by Bordeaux lovers. From the vintage reviews I read that 2019 is indeed more classic, with generally less alcohol between 13 and 13.5% compared to 2018 and with less body and structure. 2019 should be more elegant with nice acidity and purity but also ripe, ripe as it is meant in Bordeaux, not overripe. Having said this, shouldn't 2019 receive a lot of attention?
Jason: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. Yes, I don't think it will be eventually develop into as fruit forward wine as 2018. What I am saying is that Bordeaux wines are trending towards a more fruit forward style but with this vintage, it is more the classic Bordeaux style you would see like 1989, 1990, 1996 and 1998. 2018 to me is more like 2009 in terms of style Even on first taste, 2018 you see a lot more black fruit than 2019. Hope this makes sense. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Lovely review, it for sure made me interested! Regarding pronunciation check out the start of this video: ua-cam.com/video/HsbMIv7OCY8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=UniondesGrandsCrusdeBordeaux The L is silent ;)
Glad to hear your excitement on this wine and the 2019 vintage. I've got three bottles of d'Armailhac, and a whole lot more 2019s than I originally planned to haha.
Great review...this chateau is always nice for the price. Cheers!
SC34: I think the 2019 is better than I thought but perhaps my expectation of the vintage was low for some reason. Cheers!
Thanks for sharing interesting story. I am a one of follower of your opinion. So I will try it taste d'Amailhac 2019 soon.
K H: thank you for your continued support. Cheers!
Excellent review! You state it is a more classic vintage. 2019 is rather high in alcohol (14-14.5% ABV). Is that in line with the classic profile? In general, the traditional styles are lower on alcohol, hence my question.
Unus: let me check my bottle at home to see the alcohol content. Didn't seem that alcoholic to me so would be surprised if it was that high. Very balanced.
By classic, I think the fruit is much more understated but not austere. Medium body with slight greenness. That too me is what the vintages like96 and 98 tasted like young so I am guessing that is what this vintage end up like. Cheers!
I'm enjoying the 2019 vintage so far and i believe as you said, is a sleeper.
Jonnhy: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. I am glad you agree with my initial assessment. As I said in my video, I think this vintage will firm up a bit in a 3-5 years, which is much different from the typical Bordeaux life cycle. Cheers!
Great review! I happened to pick a bottle of this about a year ago at Costco (primary motivating factor: the interesting label!), and I think based on what you're noticing with the wine currently and how it will develop, I will wait another 3-4 years until opening it!
Michael: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Are you drinking from the Riedel Syrah glasses Tony? The bowl looks so nice
RB: I don't think they are Riedel. I normally buy Eisch glasses. Cheers!
Great review Tony! Very interesting take about the 2019 vintage. I have heard from a few people that the 18 vintage is super high alcohol and modern style that the wines almost start to taste like napa cabs. I personally prefer the classic style.Your review makes me happy that I picked up quite a bit of 19s. Have you tried other 19s? Would love to hear your thoughts.
Will: no, this is my first bottle of 2019 but I did surprise me so I will probably taste a few more just to check my opinion. Cheers!
Great review. I bought 7 different cases en primeuer Bordeaux 2019 Malescot skt Exupery. Branaire Ducru. Pedeclaux. Phelan segur. Malartic Lagraviere. Laroque and Saintayme. I have tasted all of them. All is great and share the same chatasteristics. As you said very impressive and aproachable with soft tannins yet clearly cabable of long term ageing. A great vintage in my opinion and the wines where all arond 25% percent lower in price than 2018 due to covid. Awesome buys.
Nikolaj: Glad you feel the same way about the 2019 vintage that I do. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Great review! I saw this one nearby my house and I should try it someday. Could you do a review on “second-wine” of those first growths, like Le Petit Mouton. Cuz wines from first growth are so hard to get and so pricey hah.
Claudius: thank for viewing my video and your comment. Yes, that is a good idea but the second wines of the 1st growths are not that inexpensive either. I have to do one more of the first growths (Margaux) and I will endeavor to start to review some of the 2nd wines of the 1st growths next year. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Great video Trophy! I actually tried 3 different vintages after watching your video. I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite wine, but it’s a nice growth wine considering the price and quite easy to drink.
GY: yes I agree with your assessment. Never really the best Pauillac but good enough to be pretty respectable. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Thanks for the review! Bordeaux premium wines, especially from left bank (all the crus classés basically), are quite austere when they are young but here it seem to be already enjoyable, any tips on how to guess it in advance?
rosso: thank you for viewing my video and your question. No way to tell other than to taste yourself. I get some flack for drinking Bordeaux too early but this is the advantage of having a history of tasting early...you can compare between different vintages and extrapolate or have an educated guess as to where the vintage will end up.
I was surprised by 2019 but this is just my first bottle and initial comments. I might try a few others to see if they have the same taste profile. Cheers!
Very interesting! 2019 vintage!
thanks!
What are the next reviews? Cant wait
RB: up next this weekend is 1986 Pavillon Rouge (which scored 84 pts Wine Spectator). Upcoming reviews are Le Petit Cheval 2016 and Domaine de Villaine's 1er Cru in Rully. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter nice! cheers!
@@rb1084 Thanks for your continued support
great review as usual! but these are “mainstream” Bordeaux wines… real question is, have you tried Liber Pater wines? :)
Lluripsuir: love to try but we don’t get that wine in BC. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter recently watched a lecture by winemaker of Liber Pater, extremely facinating stuff… it will change your perspective on Bordeaux. let me find a youtube link
@@TrophyWineHunter found it quick - ua-cam.com/video/kbw-kaNmwfA/v-deo.html
@@Ruirspirul thanks!
@@Ruirspirul not sure if it was you but other viewer mentioned this wine. Again, I have never seen it so interested in tasting but if it expensive, I wouldn't take a flier on it. Haven't seen it at auction or among my Trophy drinkers so it must be pretty low key or unavailable for most consumers. Cheers!
I don’t have this wine yet but i can get it for €64 a bottle.. i am fan of Bordeaux with high acidity and fressness, this review sounds like good wine for me.
RB: I think it is a good price and I would try a bottle to see what you think. Cheers!
I don’t think that it is the case for all the left bank 2019’s.
I think Margaux is still more fruity and black fruits.
Don’t you think that Pauillac is always a little more terroir driven?
RB: not exactly which point you are speaking about but you are correct, that I probably generalized in my comments as I think this is one of the first 2019s I have tried. But I was surprised by the depth of flavor and really fleshy for a new wine with a lot of depth. Good point about Pauillac. I do plan to do a video on Pauillac soon. Cheers!
Great value wine.
Oscar: I agree. Cheers!
What is a sleeper vintage?
RB: Yes I believe so...hard to tell early but that is what I am thinking. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter but what does that mean?
@@rb1084 sorry read your comment incorrectly. By a sleeper vintage, I mean that it is under the radar...that basically the vintage is sleeping in consumer minds but it is really actually a great vintage. Not even sure if I am using the term correctly or I just made it up myself! Also means even though the wine seems to be sleeping, you should watch out as this wine/vintage might awaken and break out to the upside. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter Thank you! 😃
@@TrophyWineHunter But aren't the 2018, 2019 and 2020 vintages described as excellent vintages?
With all three different characters, maybe not perfect but very good.
So I would expect this to be seen as an interesting vintage by Bordeaux lovers.
From the vintage reviews I read that 2019 is indeed more classic, with generally less alcohol between 13 and 13.5% compared to 2018 and with less body and structure.
2019 should be more elegant with nice acidity and purity but also ripe, ripe as it is meant in Bordeaux, not overripe.
Having said this, shouldn't 2019 receive a lot of attention?
not sure it is fruit- forward as the 2018?
Jason: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. Yes, I don't think it will be eventually develop into as fruit forward wine as 2018. What I am saying is that Bordeaux wines are trending towards a more fruit forward style but with this vintage, it is more the classic Bordeaux style you would see like 1989, 1990, 1996 and 1998. 2018 to me is more like 2009 in terms of style Even on first taste, 2018 you see a lot more black fruit than 2019. Hope this makes sense. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter thanks Tony
@@jasonyuen2067 Cheers!
Lovely review, it for sure made me interested! Regarding pronunciation check out the start of this video: ua-cam.com/video/HsbMIv7OCY8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=UniondesGrandsCrusdeBordeaux
The L is silent ;)
Thijs: thanks...always sound better when a native French person says it. Cheers!