2018 Ch Berliquet Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2025 - 2035
- Château Berliquet
- 6x75cl
- St emilion, Red Bordeaux
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, January 2022, Score: 17
Scented aroma of fresh berry fruits and Victoria plum. Offering the perfect balance between the plump richness which is the hallmark of the vintage, with a line of bright up lifting mineral freshness. The tannins sit subtly underneath, but provide a degree of tension. Finely poised and will evolve and age beautifully
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Goedhuis, January 2022, Score: 17
Scented aroma of fresh berry fruits and Victoria plum. Offering the perfect balance between the plump richness which is the hallmark of the vintage, with a line of bright up lifting mineral freshness. The tannins sit subtly underneath, but provide a degree of tension. Finely poised and will evolve and age beautifully
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Goedhuis, April 2019, Score: 91-93
Bought by the Wertheimer brothers (owners of Rauzan Segla and Canon) in 2015, it is still in the early days of being restructured, but this is already showing a huge upward curve. A very fresh and pure style, with good intensity of flavours. There is a grippy tannic core and a bite of freshness. A little closed on the finish at this stage, but there is undoubtedly plenty more to come.
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Antonio Galloni, April 2019, Score: 90-93
The 2018 Berliquet represents a major stylistic shift under the guidance of Nicolas Audebert and the technical team at Canon. Plump and juicy, the 2018 offers an explosion of fruit that gives it a distinctly exuberant personality. A joyous, radiant wine, Berliquet expresses the natural radiance of the vintage in a forward, juicy style that offers tons of near and medium-term appeal. The wine's fruit and overall density are both impressive, to say the least. This is the first vintage made by the Nicolas Audebert and the technical team at Canon following Chanel's acquisition of the estate in 2017. The blend is 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc. Tasted four times.
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Wine Advocate, April 2019, Score: 93-95+
This was really Nicolas Audebert’s first vintage at Berliquet, since the property was acquired by Chanel in the autumn of 2017. The most significant, immediate change from 2018 came from noticing that blocks of the vineyard had Merlot and Cabernet Franc interplanted. These used to be harvested together. This year the different cultivars were flagged and harvested separately so as to achieve optimal ripeness for both varieties. The 2018 Berliquet is blended of 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc and has 14.5% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color, it leaps from the glass with bold kirsch, blueberry compote and Black Forest cake with touches of cloves, lavender, menthol and lilacs. Medium to full-bodied and elegant, with lovely freshness lifting the densely packed blue and black fruit flavors, it has a velvety texture and long, earthy finish.
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James Suckling, April 2019, Score: 94-95
A fine and fruity red with blueberries and blackberries and hints of walnuts. Medium to full body and ultra fine tannins that melt into the body of the wine. It’s muscular in some ways. Lots of potential. Punchy.
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Decanter, April 2019, Score: 93
2018 is the second vintage under Canon ownership, but the first one where they were involved throughout the growing season. This wine has an austerity that's apparent from the start, but as ever with the Canon team they don't try to smother it and instead focus on the elegant but powerful blue fruits that pull you along. The power and density reflects the higher levels of clay in the soils here compared Canon, and they have produced a really stunning wine with so much potential ahead of it. It's quite different in personality from Canon, and I hope they keep them as separate properties beyond the 2022 classification, when I guess they will have the chance to put them together. Drinking Window 2026 - 2040
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Wine Spectator, April 2019, Score: 91-94
A focused, restrained style, with cherry, plum and red currant notes that are carried by persistent chalky minerality. Shows a light tobacco shading throughout.
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2018 Ch Canon 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2025 - 2040
- Château Canon
- 6x75cl
- St emilion, Red Bordeaux
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, January 2022, Score: 18
A more red fruited and perfumed style than many in this vintage. Aromas of raspberry and Alpine fruits. A delightful style, so pure, with a lovely clarity of scented fruit, the tannins are fine, but have a granular sensation, very deep and concentrated, but without excess. Totally delightful and one of the stars of the tasting.
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Goedhuis, January 2022, Score: 18
A more red fruited and perfumed style than many in this vintage. Aromas of raspberry and Alpine fruits. A delightful style, so pure, with a lovely clarity of scented fruit, the tannins are fine, but have a granular sensation, very deep and concentrated, but without excess. Totally delightful and one of the stars of the tasting.
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Goedhuis, April 2019, Score: 96-98
An absolute beauty expressing the very unique clay limestone terroir of this wonderful property. They have capitalised on the very best aspects of the climatic conditions in 2018. Lovely bright blueberry aromas. This is joyous, exciting and full of energy. This wine embodies total harmony between fruit, alcohol, tannins and freshness. Everything is in complete balance, with no one aspect dominating another. At 42 hl/ha, this is a fine example of where higher yielding vineyards have excelled in the vintage.
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Neal Martin, January 2021, Score: 96
The 2018 Canon was picked starting on September 7 and finishing on October 9. Given a two-hour decant, it reveals a surprisingly precocious bouquet, more exuberant than I recall from barrel, offering predominantly black fruit, though the floral element is now amplified and masks the crushed limestone I observed previously (for how long?) The palate delivers multilayered black cherry and blueberry fruit, wrapped up in supple tannins and such a cashmere texture that it feels deceptively approachable when in truth, it has the substance and persistence to merit long-term aging. I wagered that it is the best Canon since the watershed 2015. Don’t expect me to alter that view. 2024-2055
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Antonio Galloni, March 2021, Score: 98
The 2018 Canon is every bit as magnificent from bottle as it was from barrel. Maybe more so. Vertical and explosive in the glass, Canon sizzles with tension and vibrancy. Readers will find a majestic, soaring Grand Cru Classé that captures all the magic of Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau. Canon exudes mind-blowing precision and deliciousness. It is another magnificent effort from Technical Director Nicolas Audebert and his team. 2028-2068
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Antonio Galloni, April 2019, Score: 94-97
The 2018 Canon bristles with energy, tension and explosive, vertical lift. Dark, powerful and full of personality, Canon is magnificent in 2018. Time in the glass brings out a range of dark fruit, mineral, floral and saline notes, but readers will have to be patient in order to enjoy the 2018 at its fullest splendor. Most importantly, I am blown away by how much precision and persistence there is given the wine's concentration and overall richness. The 2018 Canon is magnificent. That's pretty much all there is to it. The blend is 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Sauvignon. Technical Director Nicolas Audebert added that he and his team left more leaf cover to protect the fruit from the extreme heat and dryness of the summer. Once in the cellar, extractions were done as gently as possible, Audebert explained. Tasted four times.
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Wine Advocate, April 2019, Score: 97
The 2018 Canon is blended of 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc, with a pH of 3.69 and 14% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color, it comes sashaying out of the glass with glamorous notes of cinnamon stick, baked blackberries, black cherry compote and licorice plus an undercurrent of plum preserves and smoked meats and, with coaxing, reveals a lovely floral signature of candied violets and red roses. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is wonderfully soft-spoken, whispering of fragrant floral and earthy scents beneath a core of profound, mouth-coating black and blue fruits, draped in a high level of super ripe, plush tannins, finishing with amazing freshness and perfume with loads of mineral sparks emerging.
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James Suckling, April 2019, Score: 98-99
This is a dense and focused Canon with beautiful blackberry, almond and hazelnut character. Vivid and lifted. It’s compact and complete with tannins that melt into the center palate and then build at the end. Full-bodied yet reserved and driven. A superb and focused wine. Classy all the way. New 1955?
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Decanter, April 2019, Score: 97
Pretty closed up right now, this is full of latent energy. It's extremely powerful and precise, with poise and tension but also with generosity and density, yet it errs on the side of not giving much away rather than giving too much. You have to give it time in the glass for those cool blueberry, bilberry and tightly spiced notes to come to the fore. The stunning texture is clear but the aromatics take their time. This is a wine that carries its finesse with great skill, and they have done a brilliant job of allowing this aspect to shine amongst the heat of the vintage, allowing the density to inch deeper with every minute in the glass. This wine just gets better and better, Harvest ran from 7 September to 9 October, the longest ever here, with no pressure of rot. 42hl/ha yield. Thomas Duclos consults. Drinking Window 2027 - 2043
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Matthew Jukes, April 2019, Score: 18+
A very detailed Canon with super-ripe fruit but also flashes of greenness and beautiful complexity, too. The oak is under control and the length is minutes long. Concentrated and also quite closed right now, this will open beautifully over 20-30 years and I expect it to gather pace as it goes.
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Jancis Robinson, November 2021, Score: 17.5
72% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc. Very deep colour, blacker and less blue than 2019. Intense, savoury nose with masses of intrigue. A big Merlot-dominated wine with lots of initial sweetness but no excess. Really very impressive indeed! And with tannins almost completely hidden. Maybe not quite the most beautiful finish, but otherwise pretty perfect. You really could drink this now. Drink 2021 – 2036
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Wine Spectator, April 2019, Score: 96-99
Features a gorgeous core of plum and black currant fruit, deeply inlaid with tobacco notes and chalky minerality. Everything melds wonderfully through the finish, which is refined in feel.
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Julia Harding, April 2019, Score: 17.5
Deep purple with bright rim. Lovely Cabernet Franc fragrance of stony/mineral pure black fruit, both restrained in character and yet aromatic. Juicy and fresh on the palate, full of energy and great finesse in the tannins. Dark, refined beauty with a tiny hint of dark chocolate on the finish. Great persistence and cool subtlety. So fresh and juicy, pure and precise. Lightly chalky tannins on the finish, no sign of the alcohol and the tannins have an underlying power. 'Les tannins reactifs', as technical director Nicolas Audebert calls them (I didn't know what he meant either), give a mouth-watering finish. Silky freshness and elegance. Drink 2025-2038
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2018 Ch Canon 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 12x75cl
- Red
- 2025 - 2040
- Château Canon
- 12x75cl
- St emilion, Red Bordeaux
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, January 2022, Score: 18
A more red fruited and perfumed style than many in this vintage. Aromas of raspberry and Alpine fruits. A delightful style, so pure, with a lovely clarity of scented fruit, the tannins are fine, but have a granular sensation, very deep and concentrated, but without excess. Totally delightful and one of the stars of the tasting.
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Goedhuis, January 2022, Score: 18
A more red fruited and perfumed style than many in this vintage. Aromas of raspberry and Alpine fruits. A delightful style, so pure, with a lovely clarity of scented fruit, the tannins are fine, but have a granular sensation, very deep and concentrated, but without excess. Totally delightful and one of the stars of the tasting.
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Goedhuis, April 2019, Score: 96-98
An absolute beauty expressing the very unique clay limestone terroir of this wonderful property. They have capitalised on the very best aspects of the climatic conditions in 2018. Lovely bright blueberry aromas. This is joyous, exciting and full of energy. This wine embodies total harmony between fruit, alcohol, tannins and freshness. Everything is in complete balance, with no one aspect dominating another. At 42 hl/ha, this is a fine example of where higher yielding vineyards have excelled in the vintage.
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Neal Martin, January 2021, Score: 96
The 2018 Canon was picked starting on September 7 and finishing on October 9. Given a two-hour decant, it reveals a surprisingly precocious bouquet, more exuberant than I recall from barrel, offering predominantly black fruit, though the floral element is now amplified and masks the crushed limestone I observed previously (for how long?) The palate delivers multilayered black cherry and blueberry fruit, wrapped up in supple tannins and such a cashmere texture that it feels deceptively approachable when in truth, it has the substance and persistence to merit long-term aging. I wagered that it is the best Canon since the watershed 2015. Don’t expect me to alter that view. 2024-2055
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Antonio Galloni, March 2021, Score: 98
The 2018 Canon is every bit as magnificent from bottle as it was from barrel. Maybe more so. Vertical and explosive in the glass, Canon sizzles with tension and vibrancy. Readers will find a majestic, soaring Grand Cru Classé that captures all the magic of Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau. Canon exudes mind-blowing precision and deliciousness. It is another magnificent effort from Technical Director Nicolas Audebert and his team. 2028-2068
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Antonio Galloni, April 2019, Score: 94-97
The 2018 Canon bristles with energy, tension and explosive, vertical lift. Dark, powerful and full of personality, Canon is magnificent in 2018. Time in the glass brings out a range of dark fruit, mineral, floral and saline notes, but readers will have to be patient in order to enjoy the 2018 at its fullest splendor. Most importantly, I am blown away by how much precision and persistence there is given the wine's concentration and overall richness. The 2018 Canon is magnificent. That's pretty much all there is to it. The blend is 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Sauvignon. Technical Director Nicolas Audebert added that he and his team left more leaf cover to protect the fruit from the extreme heat and dryness of the summer. Once in the cellar, extractions were done as gently as possible, Audebert explained. Tasted four times.
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Wine Advocate, April 2019, Score: 97
The 2018 Canon is blended of 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc, with a pH of 3.69 and 14% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color, it comes sashaying out of the glass with glamorous notes of cinnamon stick, baked blackberries, black cherry compote and licorice plus an undercurrent of plum preserves and smoked meats and, with coaxing, reveals a lovely floral signature of candied violets and red roses. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is wonderfully soft-spoken, whispering of fragrant floral and earthy scents beneath a core of profound, mouth-coating black and blue fruits, draped in a high level of super ripe, plush tannins, finishing with amazing freshness and perfume with loads of mineral sparks emerging.
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James Suckling, April 2019, Score: 98-99
This is a dense and focused Canon with beautiful blackberry, almond and hazelnut character. Vivid and lifted. It’s compact and complete with tannins that melt into the center palate and then build at the end. Full-bodied yet reserved and driven. A superb and focused wine. Classy all the way. New 1955?
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Decanter, April 2019, Score: 97
Pretty closed up right now, this is full of latent energy. It's extremely powerful and precise, with poise and tension but also with generosity and density, yet it errs on the side of not giving much away rather than giving too much. You have to give it time in the glass for those cool blueberry, bilberry and tightly spiced notes to come to the fore. The stunning texture is clear but the aromatics take their time. This is a wine that carries its finesse with great skill, and they have done a brilliant job of allowing this aspect to shine amongst the heat of the vintage, allowing the density to inch deeper with every minute in the glass. This wine just gets better and better, Harvest ran from 7 September to 9 October, the longest ever here, with no pressure of rot. 42hl/ha yield. Thomas Duclos consults. Drinking Window 2027 - 2043
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Matthew Jukes, April 2019, Score: 18+
A very detailed Canon with super-ripe fruit but also flashes of greenness and beautiful complexity, too. The oak is under control and the length is minutes long. Concentrated and also quite closed right now, this will open beautifully over 20-30 years and I expect it to gather pace as it goes.
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Jancis Robinson, November 2021, Score: 17.5
72% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc. Very deep colour, blacker and less blue than 2019. Intense, savoury nose with masses of intrigue. A big Merlot-dominated wine with lots of initial sweetness but no excess. Really very impressive indeed! And with tannins almost completely hidden. Maybe not quite the most beautiful finish, but otherwise pretty perfect. You really could drink this now. Drink 2021 – 2036
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Wine Spectator, April 2019, Score: 96-99
Features a gorgeous core of plum and black currant fruit, deeply inlaid with tobacco notes and chalky minerality. Everything melds wonderfully through the finish, which is refined in feel.
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Julia Harding, April 2019, Score: 17.5
Deep purple with bright rim. Lovely Cabernet Franc fragrance of stony/mineral pure black fruit, both restrained in character and yet aromatic. Juicy and fresh on the palate, full of energy and great finesse in the tannins. Dark, refined beauty with a tiny hint of dark chocolate on the finish. Great persistence and cool subtlety. So fresh and juicy, pure and precise. Lightly chalky tannins on the finish, no sign of the alcohol and the tannins have an underlying power. 'Les tannins reactifs', as technical director Nicolas Audebert calls them (I didn't know what he meant either), give a mouth-watering finish. Silky freshness and elegance. Drink 2025-2038
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2018 Ch Rauzan Ségla 2ème Cru Margaux - 12x75cl
- Red
- 2026 - 2048
- Château Rauzan-Ségla
- 12x75cl
- Margaux, Red Bordeaux
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, January 2022, Score: 17.5
A mass of black fruits, olive and eucalyptus. This combines the composure of Margaux, with plenty of silky polish but also has a strength and structure giving a sensation of boldness and power. Tremendous length, plenty of purity and a wine of obvious class.
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Goedhuis, January 2022, Score: 17.5
A mass of black fruits, olive and eucalyptus. This combines the composure of Margaux, with plenty of silky polish but also has a strength and structure giving a sensation of boldness and power. Tremendous length, plenty of purity and a wine of obvious class.
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Goedhuis, April 2019, Score: 95-97
This great property really is in overdrive at the moment. Whilst a little reserved on the nose, the palate is wonderfully complete. Masses of dark berries with a touch of molasses, this has a lovely plush, luscious fruit palate. A wine of tremendous clarity and purity. Whilst the estate’s characteristically bold tannins give a firmness underneath, the fruit is so enticingly dark and sweet that they melt seamlessly into the palate. Excellent density and a light lingering freshness at the end.
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Neal Martin, March 2021, Score: 95
The 2018 Rauzan-Ségla has a sublime bouquet of black cherries, violet and lavender, all beautifully defined and focused. The oak is seamlessly enmeshed both here and on the palate. The graphite-tinged black fruit is framed by very fine tannins and matched with a perfect bead of acidity. There is an abiding symmetry about this Rauzan-Ségla that is totally endearing, and it delivers so much freshness on the finish. Absolutely superb. Drink 2024-2050
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Antonio Galloni, May 2019, Score: 97-100
The 2018 Rauzan-Ségla is fabulous. Regal and soaring in the glass, Rauzan-Ségla is simply unforgettable. Stunning aromatics and layers of flavor develop in the glass in a drop-dead gorgeous Rauzan that will leave readers weak at the knees. Inky and explosive, the 2018 possesses off the charts intensity and richness. Leather, licorice, spice and grilled herbs add nuance as the 2018 builds to a huge crescendo of aromas, flavors and textures on the finish. I won't be surprised if one day the 2018 is considered among the greatest Rauzan-Séglas of all time. It is a tremendous achievement by the property and the team lead by Technical Director Nicolas Audebert. Don't miss it! Tasted four times.
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Wine Advocate, April 2019, Score: 97-99+
The 2018 Rauzan-Ségla is blended of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested from September 27 to October 11; Merlot from September 13-27; Cabernet Franc on September 28; and Petit Verdot from September 28-29. The wine has 14% alcohol and aging is anticipated to be 18 months in barriques, 65% new. Deep purple-black in color, it comes bounding out of the glass with exuberant notes of warm plums, crème de cassis, Black Forest cake and candied violets with hints of mocha, Indian spices and fragrant earth plus a waft of crushed rocks. Full-bodied, multilayered and sporting a lot of freshness and tension in the mouth in spite of all its decadent perfumed black fruits, it has a firm, finely grained frame and seamless freshness, finishing long and fragrant. Seduction in a glass.
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James Suckling, April 2019, Score: 99-100
This is one of the most structured and deep Rauzans I have tasted with a full body, layers of fruit and a firm and polished tannin backbone. Compact and composed. Such depth and power. 60 per cent cabernet sauvignon and 40 per cent merlot.
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Decanter, April 2019, Score: 97
Rauzan-Ségla is here proclaiming its right to be considered among the wines of the year in Margaux. In the Chanel stable, Canon has had the edge for me in the past few vintges, but here Rauzan Ségla comes roaring back with its mix of elegance and confidence matched by perfectly ripe, Cabernet-dominant fruit. There's a slightly higher percentage of Merlot than usual - partly because it was so good this year and partly because the concentration in the Cabernets took the yields down (a real feature of the vintage, they were at 32hl/ha here). The Merlot adds flesh through the mid-palate, which is followed by freshly crushed mint on the finish which adds precision and lift. Great quality. 3.8pH. 2% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. Drinking Window 2028 - 2042
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Matthew Jukes, April 2019, Score: 17.5+
Enticing on the nose with spicy berry fruit notes and nicely integrated oak, there is a cool feel about this wine which points to careful balance and reasonable alcohol – they got the picking dates just right. The texture is not too grainy or tough and the fruit rolls on well for a minute or so and therefore I am confident that this will be a well-earned success for this Château.
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Jancis Robinson, November 2021, Score: 17.5
56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. Dark, dense garnet. Salty, brisk, appetising nose. Very round and fruity and actually almost drinkable already! Even though there is no shortage of ripe tannin. Lots of work on tannin management? Really luscious without being sweet. Long and correct. Superb modern bordeaux. Great stuff! Drink 2024 – 2044
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Wine Spectator, April 2019, Score: 96-99
Very concentrated, atypically so for Margaux, with sappy kirsch and plum reduction notes that are well-defined and luxurious in feel, draping beautifully over a graphite underpinning on the finish. Very long.
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Julia Harding, April 2019, Score: 16.5+
Black core. Expressive cassis on the nose, just slightly herbal and very stony/mineral. This has real finesse on the palate, chalky and very fine texture. Dark, almost savoury restraint on the palate. Pretty dry on the finish but in balance with the power on the palate. Notable freshness in 2018. Needs time. Drink 2025-2033
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