2014 Chateau La Confession
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 42 / 750ml
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4 from 5 User Ratings
- 5 Critic Reviews
- Style Red - Savory and Classic
- Grape Variety Bordeaux Blend Red
- Food Pairing Beef and Venison
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Critic tasting note: (2014 vintage) "Blackberry and vanilla on the nose, supple textures in the mouth with a soft, sweet, fleshy, low acid, licorice and plum finish. Blending 69% Merlot with 31% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 13.6% alcohol. 91-93" - Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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About the Product
- Classification
- Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
- Drinking Window
- 2016 - 2034
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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13.5 - 14.5%
- Sweetness
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Dry
Production Attributes
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Ownership
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Joseph Janoueix and Marie-Antoinette Estrade
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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Château La Confession’s seven and a half hectares (18.5 acres) of clay-limestone soils lie upon a fine slope.
- Winemaking
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Double sorting of the crop : first in the vineyard and second at the winery. Filling of the vats without crushing. Vinification in open wooden vats of small capacity. Punching of the caps every 3 hours until 1070 of density, every 8 hours until 1040 and once a day until 1000, then one pumping over a day till the end of the alcoholic fermentation and maceration. Temperature during alcoholic fermentations : 26/28° C max. Vatting period : 25 to 30 days.
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- Ageing
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Filling of the barrels heated at the same temperature as the wine : 26/28°C Malolactic fermentation in new barrels (50 %) and in one wine old barrels (50 %). Coopers : Demptos : 20 %, Darnajou : 20 %, Remond : 20 %, Radoux : 20 %, Stockinger : 20 % (50 % new barrels, 50 % one wine barrels). Maturing on lees during 6 months.
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Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Lamb kreatopita Starter Course
- Meat in filo pastry
- Contains: lamb mince
- Greek
- Steak and kidney pie Main Course
- Contains: beef steak, lamb kidneys, puff pastry
- British
- Galloway bone-in-ribeye Main Course
- Flavourful and lean beef from traditional Scottish breed
- Western
- Abanico Iberico Main Course
- Shoulder cut of pork
- Contains: pork steak
- Spanish
Details
About the Product
- Classification
- Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
- Drinking Window
- 2016 - 2034
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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13.5 - 14.5%
- Sweetness
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Dry
Production Attributes
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Ownership
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Joseph Janoueix and Marie-Antoinette Estrade
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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Château La Confession’s seven and a half hectares (18.5 acres) of clay-limestone soils lie upon a fine slope.
- Winemaking
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Double sorting of the crop : first in the vineyard and second at the winery. Filling of the vats without crushing. Vinification in open wooden vats of small capacity. Punching of the caps every 3 hours until 1070 of density, every 8 hours until 1040 and once a day until 1000, then one pumping over a day till the end of the alcoholic fermentation and maceration. Temperature during alcoholic fermentations : 26/28° C max. Vatting period : 25 to 30 days.
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- Ageing
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Filling of the barrels heated at the same temperature as the wine : 26/28°C Malolactic fermentation in new barrels (50 %) and in one wine old barrels (50 %). Coopers : Demptos : 20 %, Darnajou : 20 %, Remond : 20 %, Radoux : 20 %, Stockinger : 20 % (50 % new barrels, 50 % one wine barrels). Maturing on lees during 6 months.
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Critics Scores & Reviews
(5)2014 vintage
91 / 100
5 scores
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When to drink: 2016 to 2034
2014 Vintage
Tasted: Apr 2015
Blackberry and vanilla on the nose, supple textures in the mouth with a soft, sweet, fleshy, low acid, licorice and plum finish. Blending 69% Merlot with 31% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 13.6% alcohol. 91-93
2014 Vintage
Tasted: Mar 2015
When to drink: 2018
to 2018
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90 / 100
$ 43
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2023
91 / 100
$ 27
2022
91 / 100
$ 40
2021
91 / 100
$ 38
2020
91 / 100
$ 46
2019
90 / 100
$ 44
2018
91 / 100
$ 46
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90 / 100
$ 40
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91 / 100
$ 48
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91 / 100
$ 60
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88 / 100
$ 46
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89 / 100
$ 48
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89 / 100
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91 / 100
$ 66
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90 / 100
$ 95
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90 / 100
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87 / 100
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90 / 100
$ 60
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92 / 100
$ 75
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89 / 100
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Current condition: Ready to drink, will keep
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