Chateau Chauvin 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "A tight, focused and vivid red with a solid core of fruit and fine tannins. Attractive redcurrant and fresh berry character."

JEB DUNNUCK: "Ripe black cherries, new leather, graphite, and hints of framboise all emerge from the 2023 Château Chauvin, a medium to full-bodied, mineral-laced beauty revealing fine tannins, nicely integrated acidity, and a great finish. It brings good ripeness yet has a solid underlying sense of structure and tannic grip."

VINUM: "Vom Ausbau geprägt, dunkle Schokolade, kandierte Früchte, Kirschen; runder Gaumen, zupackendes Tannin, hochwertig, saftig, mit Energie und rotfruchtigem Finish; hat sehr gute Anlagen."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Frische Herzkirschen, ein Hauch von Pflaumen, Nuancen von Dörrobst, kandierte Orangenzesten. Saftig, rotbeerige Nuancen, dezente Süße, reife Tannine, mineralisch-salzig, frischer Abgang, zitroniger Nachhall."

LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: "Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Chauvin rocks up with eager-to-please notes of black cherries and juicy plums giving way to touches of licorice and garrigue. The medium-bodied palate is elegantly styled and refreshing, with energetic black fruits and a floral burst on the finish."

DECANTER: "With cherry, liquorice, plum and candied red fruit this medium-bodied wine attacks briskly and exhibits lots of verve with grippy and somewhat firm tannins. Like other wines in this vintage, I sense a wanting mid palate that you would get from more clay and limestone rich soils. Indeed, it may well be that the low water retention capacity and efficiently draining clay-sandy soils of the estate's terroir were not ideally suited for the heat wave of the later summer. In any case, the finish is marked by bright red fruit - and barrel ageing should fill in the blanks and this will be a solid wine to enjoy rather early as you wait for superior vintages to come together in you cellar."