Chateau Badette 2024

JEB DUNNUCK: "The 2024 Château Badette is terrific, with ripe blackberry and darker cherry fruits as well as spicy wood, tobacco, and obvious crushed stone-like minerality. It shows the fresher, focused style of the vintage and is medium-bodied, has integrated, juicy acidity, and ripe tannins. It's beautiful stuff and a great achievement in a challenging vintage."

JAMES SUCKLING: "A modern, seductive Saint-Emilion with aromas of deep blackberries, dark cherries, warm spices and dark chocolate. Almost full-bodied with finely grained tannins. Cocoa-powder influence in the lengthy, flavorful finish."

FALSTAFF: "Kräftiges Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Frisches rotes Waldbeerkonfit, ein Hauch von Himbeeren und Lakritze, Orangenzesten sind unterlegt. Mittlere Komplexität, rote Kirschen, feines Säurekleid, mineralischer Nachhall, ein delikater Speisenbegleiter."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Flowers, black cherries, licorice, cocoa, and espresso already show in the perfume. With good color, the wine is built around its core of juicy, fruity, round-textured black cherries, chocolate, and plums. Drink from 2028-2040."