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JAMES SUCKLING: "Really pure fruit here with blackberries and boysenberries. Some spice like white pepper. Medium-bodied with tight and fine tannins, and a fresh and bright finish. Terrific potential. 95% merlot, 3% cabernet franc and 2% cabernet sauvignon."
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JEB DUNNUCK: "Winemaker Marie Lefévère made a bevy of brilliant wines in 2022, and her 2022 Château Sansonnet is up there with the finest vintages to date. A blend of 92% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, it has a pure, well-oaked, yet balanced and textured style carrying beautiful red and black fruits as well as some floral, spicy background nuances. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, the tannins are ripe and nicely integrated, the balance is spot-on, and it has a great finish. I was able to taste this on multiple occasions and it always impressed."
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FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feines Nugat, reife Herzkirschen, ein Hauch von Pflaumen, süßer Tabak, attraktives Bukett. Komplex, reife Kirschen, gute Frische, straff und anhaftend, rotbeerige Nuancen, mineralisch, zeigt sehr gute Länge, sicheres Reifepotenzial."
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LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: „A blend of 92% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, with a pH of 3.43, the 2022 Sansonnet has a deep purple-black color. Notes of plum preserves, blackberry pie, and kirsch hop from the glass, with vibrant accents of redcurrants, iron ore, and dried mint. The full-bodied palate is lively and intense, with energetic black and red berry layers and a fine-grained texture, finishing long and minerally."
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THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Deep, dark, rich, lush, full-bodied, and intense, this hedonistically-styled wine is packed with layers of black cherries, blackberries, chocolate, spice, vanilla, chocolate, black raspberries and plums. The wine coats your palate with waves of dark, pit fruits, espresso and chocolate from start to finish. Opulent in character, the wine should be a treat to drink with just a bit age and provide hedonistic pleasure for up to 2 decades after that. The wine blends 95% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2045."
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DECANTER: "Plush, chewy, seriously tannic and concentrated but kept lively by the high acidity, cooling blueberry touches and herbal minty finish. Still tense and coiled, not yet widening but shows promise with polish and finesse narrowing the power into one funnel from start to finish. Sleek but serious. Yield of 34hl/ha. Ageing 16 months, 70% new French oak barrels 225l and 300l, 30% second fill 45hl wooden vats. Harvest young Merlot vines 12 September, 13-22 Merlot, 28 September for Cabernets. Same owners as Ch Moulin du Cadet, Soutard-Cadet and Harmonie. Rolland & Associés consultants."
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VINUM: "Konzentriert und feurig, aber auch mit Spannkraft und Rasse dank erstklassigem Tannin: auch 2022 von besonderer Wucht und damit sich selber treu."
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WEINWISSER: "Sehr opulentes Bouquet, dunkles Edelholz, Nougatpraline und Pflaumenlikör. Am mächtigen Gaumen mit weicher Textur, körnigem Extrakt, stützender Rasse und muskelbepacktem Körper. Im konzentrierten Finale mit einem Korb blauer Beeren, Estragon und dunkler Mineralik. Ein Kraftprotz, der gebändigt werden muss. 2030 – 2045."