Chateau de Pressac 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "Really refined and focused with blackberry, blueberry and crushed stone. Medium-bodied with class and tension. Racy."

WEINWISSER: "Betörendes Bouquet, frischer Schattenmorellensaft, verzauberndes Veilchenparfüm und edle rote Cassiswürze. Am geradlinigen maskulinen Gaumen mit feinsandigem Extrakt, stützender Rasse und mittlerem Körper. Im gebündelten dichten Finale schwarze Johannisbeere, dunkles Graphit und körnige Adstringenz. Reicht nicht ganz an die erfolgreichen Vorjahrgänge heran. Kann noch zulegen."

VINUM: "Tiefgründig, reiffruchtig, Brombeeren, Schwarze Johannisbeeren, florale Noten. Am Gaumen ausgewogen, viel Gerbstoff, fein mit der Frucht verwoben, noch wild, von Ausbau geprägt, jedoch mit sehr guten Anlagen. Reiht sich nahtlos in die Reihe der qualitativ hochwertigen Jahrgänge von de Pressac ein."

DECANTER: "Aging 18 months in 50% new oak, this wine has a darker tone than average with a 'modern sheen' reflected in more evident oak-derived tannin and ultra-ripe fruit, both dark and red, which is a good thing! I do sense some tannin extraction more than I would like but admire impressive mid palate concentration and depth. Barrel ageing will arrange things nicely."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Floral, intensive schwarze Beerenfrucht, frische Herzkirschen, zart nach Cassis, ein Hauch von Lakritze und Ribisel. Saftig, rotbeerig, frisch strukturiert, reife Tannine, mineralisch-salzig, feine Süße im Abgang, bleibt haften, ein feinwürziger Speisenbegleiter."

LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: "Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 de Pressac needs a lot of patient swirling to bring out notes of redcurrant jelly and juicy plums leading to underlying hints of lilacs, pencil shavings, and fragrant earth. The medium-bodied palate is lively and soft-textured, with delicately layered, understated fruit and a perfumed, whispery finish. This is very pretty! The blend is 70% Merlot, 16.5% Cabernet Franc, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Carmenere, 2% Malbec, and 0.5% Petit Verdot."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Flowers, licorice, spice, and black raspberries fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, elegant, and fresh, with a vibrancy to the salt-tinted, chocolate-accented, red fruits in the finish. Drink from 2027-2043."

JEB DUNNUCK: "The 2023 Château De Pressac is a beauty. Medium-bodied, focused, nicely concentrated, and elegant on the palate, it has ample red and black fruits, notes of spice and chalky minerality, background oak, and fine tannins that emerge on the finish. It's going to need a few years to integrate its oak, but this is impressive and should be long-lived."