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Château Durfort-Vivens

The 2016 Château Durfort-Vivens has earned its place in The World of Fine Wine’s handpicked collection of tasting notes, featuring insights from the world’s foremost wine authorities. Explore in-depth commentary from wine experts Andrew Jefford and Michael Schuster on Château Durfort-Vivens - an internationally acclaimed red from Burgundy.
Château Durfort-Vivens
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Wine Name
Château Durfort-Vivens

Wine Producer
Château Durfort-Vivens

Score
91

Wine Style
Red

Grape Type
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Cabernet Franc

Country
France

Vintage
2012

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Andrew Jefford: Deep black-red. A different seam of inspiration here from the commune’s more generous wines like Lascombes or Prieuré- Lichine; this has ravishing fruit purity and lift, albeit with just a little pressed-leaf behind the sculpted blackcurrants. That, though, serves a freshening role, and overall this wine is a huge aromatic success. On the palate, all of that purity and finesse is amply apparent in a cascade of sheer, fine-grained fruits. Lovely, graceful, almost monastic—a Burgundian seam, in short. Nothing raw, sharp, or hard here. 2018–25. 91

Michael Schuster: Both sweet fruit and a lightly herbaceous character; medium-full, fresh in acidity, finely firm in tannin; like the nose, the sweet fruit is also tinged with a faintly herbaceous character, the complexity is there, and the length, but also the presence of some less than absolutely ripe fruit. Good, but you have to like the style! 2024–35. 90

Details

Wine expert Andrew Jefford
Michael Schuster
Tastings year 2016
Region Bordeaux
AppellationAOC
% Alcohol By Volume13
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