Chateau La Cabanne 2022

JAMES SUCKLING: "Very fine tannins with blackberry, mint and bark character. Medium to full body. Polished and caressing texture. Exciting."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Flowers, and sweet cherries initially bring you into the wine. From there, it is the silky, refined, elegant plums, chocolate, red pit fruits, and truffles that flow easily over the medium-bodied, mid-palate, and finish that get you going back for another sip. Drink from 2025-2042."

WEINWISSER: "Intensives blaubeeriges Bouquet, getrockneter Lavendel und Hagebuttengelee. Am satten Gaumen mit cremiger Textur, gut unterlegter Rasse, engmaschigem Tanningerüst und mittlerem burschikosem Körper. Im gebündelten Finale verschlankt sich der Pomerol und endet mit hellem Tabak und mehliger Adstringenz. 2029 – 2048."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Etwas verhalten, reife Pflaumen, dunkle Waldbeeren, Nuancen von Feigen und Kräuterwürze. Saftig, elegant, schokoladiger Touch, dezente Frische, bleibt haften, ein kraftvoller Speisenwein."

LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: „The 2022 La Cabanne is deep garnet-purple in color. It gives up profound notes of licorice, charcoal, tapenade, and tilled soil with a core of stewed black plums and boysenberries. The full-bodied palate is rich and opulent, chock full of black fruit and earthy layers, finishing with a plush texture and great length."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2022 La Cabanne saw malolactic fermentation in tank, as this estate is evolving in a less heavy-handed direction. Revealing aromas of cherries, dark berries and licorice, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and supple, with a seamless, charming profile."

DECANTER: "Juice and lively, fruity and upfront with crushed strawberries, herbal tinged raspberries and blackcurrants. Lots of fruit with well integrated tannins that have a soft stony minerality to them, flint and graphite salinity. On the lighter side for Pomerol with a crispness and sense of direction that is really nice. Not the most layered, or complex, or compact, a little light and delicate really in terms of fruit, but well presented. A yield of 33hl/ha."