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98
James Suckling: Medium- to full-bodied and chalky but charming, with definition and clarity. 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc. Best ever."
97
Decanter: One of the absolute stars of the vintage in St-Emilion. Smells incredible with such perfumed violet fragrance and clear blackcurrant scents, really so vivid with a vibrant pink colour in the glass. Supple and juicy, clearly refined from the start with super fine tannins - gently grippy - with a lick of liquorice, wet stone and some tobacco and dark chocolate. I like the clarity and clean grip to this. Feels fresh, so St-Emilion and so limestone based with fantastic energy, a touch chalky but not dominant. Alive with enough grip and flesh to be weighty but really not fleshy or chewy, and very cool - cola, blueberries and flint. Delicious and accomplished with everything in harmony and nothing sticking out. This should shape up nicely over ageing with even a few minutes in the glass gaining in chew and texture. Harvest 11-19 September. 3.28pH. Ageing currently 50% new oak (may reduce to around 40%)."
18,5
Weinwisser: 75 % Merlot, 25 % Cabernet Franc, Alkohol 13.6 vol%, 38 hl/ha. Dicht verwobenes Bouquet, zarter Veilchen- und Irisduft, roter Johannisbeernektar. Am komplexen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, engmaschigem Tanningerüst, energiegeladener Rasse, konzentriert, gut trainierter Körper. Im konzentrierten, langen, aromatischen Finale zeigen sich Orangenzeste sowie eine herrliche Salznote, der Kalkstein ist im Vordergrund, feine, (fast) pudrige Tanninstruktur dieses Jahr."
