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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

A fresh, fruity wine, with only the merest tannins. It is bright, clean, the black currant fruits and clean outlines merging into a sweeter, jelly-like aftertaste.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This wine is on the austere, lean side, with firm tannins and fruit that is still only just showing and therefore lacking depth of flavor. The finish has attractive red berry fruits.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2008

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

On the lean, austere side, this wine boasts solid tannins. It does have some potential fruit weight and fresh acidity, but it misses the richness in its fruit.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2005

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Animal and bell pepper aromas mask a soft, relatively lightweight wine, which has fine acidity and fresh red fruit flavors.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2000

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

89-91 Barrel sample. Very ripe blackberry, almost juicy fruits dominate this wine. But at the same time, there is a comfortable layer of tannins, not huge, leaving an attractive wine that is more about fruit than structure.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2005

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

92–94 This is powered by fruit tannins that dominate the fruit. But the typical acidity of this vintage shows through, giving the wine both potential and the likelihood of good fruit later.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

One of the many properties in Margaux owned by the Lurton family (Bordeaux’s largest landowners). Durfort-Vivens is an estate that has improved dramatically, as in this 2004, packed with new wood flavors but with great balancing ripe fruit.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This is a serious wine, tight and closed up at this stage. Around the dry core, the fruit is structured, not offering richness, but with a good, solid base of black currants. It needs time to soften.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

89-91 Barrel sample. Full in the mouth, with its juicy fruits, this is an immediately attractive wine, with red berries giving a great waft of freshness. The tannins are restrained, finally fresh.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2008

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Gonzague Lurton, current president of the Margaux producers, has invested considerably in pushing this estate forward. The wine has rich, open, generous fruit, with soft but firmly present tannins and juicy flavors. Combined with a subtle used of new wood, this shows well, and will develop well over many years.

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Château Durfort-Vivens Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2001

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