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Decanter: Beautiful aromas on the nose, blackcurrants and dark chocolate. Fleshy and ripe while being so juicy and lifted, great energy and focus here, still touches of oak in the coffee, tobacco and clove elements, but the fruit has purity and this retains a much brighter, more focused expression than in some previous EP samples. Crunchy, crisp, lively yet still carrying that core of power and drive. If anything still a bit bitter on the finish but this will settle. 3.55pH. Ageing 18 months, 40% new barrels."
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Jeb Dunnuck: A blend of 62% Merlot and 38% Cabernet Franc from clay and limestone hillside soils as well as some sandier portions on the lower slopes, the 2025 Château Grand Mayne reveals ripe black cherries, graphite, smoky herbs, and a beautiful sense of minerality on the nose. It's medium-bodied on the palate, concentrated and focused, with firm tannins and a good finish. I love its overall balance, and it's a beautiful wine from this estate. I suspect a few years of bottle age will be warranted."
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The Wine Cellar Insider: Elegant, precise, perfumed, soft, vibrant, and silky, there is a nice depth of flavor, refined tannins and a finish that focuses you on its wealth of black raspberries, chocolate-covered cherries, plums, licorice, spice, and espresso. The wine blends 62% Merlot, and 38% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2050."
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Wine Advocate: The 2025 Grand Mayne reveals a fresh, expressive bouquet of dark berries, cassis and mulberries, becoming more floral with aeration. Medium- to full-bodied, it’s supple and enveloping, with a velvety texture and a refined, well-defined tannic frame, concluding with a fresh, elegant finish marked by dark berry nuances. This is a more restrained, finely tuned expression than in previous vintages, aligning closely with the estate’s recent stylistic evolution."
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Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart floral unterlegte, reife Herzkirschenfrucht, zarte Edelholznuancen, süße Pflaumen, etwas Nougat im Hintergrund. Saftig, frisch, stoffig und elegant, reife Tannine, schokoladig unterlegte, süße Kirschenfrucht im Abgang, attraktiv und gut anhaftend, sicheres Potenzial."
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James Suckling: Solid, well framed and dense. Dark berry and warm spice aromas follow through to a medium body with chewy tannins. Plenty of purple fruit character on the palate, with a chewy finish."
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Jane Anson: Sugar-dusted almonds, rose petals, gentle and lilting, chalky tannins, mouthwatering not overly aggressive acidity, enjoyable. 3.55 pH. Harvest September 4 to 18. 40% new oak, Jean-Antoine Nony, an estate with a lot of work happening over the past few years in vineyard and cellar, Derenoncourt Consultants as of the 2024 vintage."
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Vinum: Rauchig geprägte Nase, kräuterwürzig, darunter reife Himbeeren, Bienenwachs; am Gaumen leicht cremig im Auftakt, saftige Frucht, feines Tannin, knackig, frisch, mit lebhafter Säure und einem ausgewogenen, eleganten Finale. Sehr gelungen. Ein ausgezeichneter Grand Mayne."
