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The Wine Cellar Insider: Licorice, smoke, espresso, flowers, chocolate, and black raspberries create the complex aromatics. The palate is full-bodied, rich, powerful, deep, and creamy There is lift to the wealth of fruit that coats mouth and palate, leaving you with waves of supple, ripe, and sweet berries, and pit fruits. Give it a few years in the bottle and this going to be simply fabulous. The wine blends 86% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon. 13.5% ABV. Aging takes place in a combination of 50% new, French oak, 1 year old barrels, foudres and amphora. Harvesting took place September 15 - September 22. Drink from 2029-2055."
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Jane Anson: Coffee and cocoa bean, luscious ripe berry fruits, highly charged with plenty of intensity, bitter fennel on the finish. Takes you firmly into limestone territory, but with an underlying power and mid-palate expansion that is seriously impressive. 7ha of vines all surrounding the château. The limestone here is still Asteries as across much of the St Emilion plateau but much more dense than at (also owned by Lefévère family) as Villemaurine. Love how these two estates really show that even on the plateau there are big differences in expression. 50% new oak for ageing, along with larger oak casks and amphora. Tasted twice. 50% new oak. Yield 32 hl/ha. 3.28 pH. Harvest September 15 to 27."
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Decanter: Bright and shiny, this has super charm from the first sip, soft, creamy, slightly chalky but with such finesse and elegance that no one aspect sticks out. Fine tannins, balanced acidity, pure fruit and a long length. I love Sansonnet and this really delivers a clean, pure, focused glass of wine with such drinkability. Juicy and delicious. Definitely not over done, relaxed and hands off."
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Jeb Dunnuck: Based on 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon that's being raised in 50% new barrels, foudre, and amphora, the 2025 Château Sansonnet comes from cooler, limestone soils. It has gorgeous aromatics of black fruits, cassis, graphite, and roasted herbs with a beautiful, serious mineral streak. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, with a concentrated, layered mouthfeel, ripe, polished, building tannins, and beautifully integrated acidity. Checking in at 13.5% alcohol, this is another brilliant effort from this terrific winemaker."
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James Suckling: A solid and creamy red with blackberry, stone and light chalk aromas that follow through to a medium body with a fresh and caressing finish. Excellent."
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Lisa Perrotti-Brown: Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Sansonnet swans out with flamboyant notes of plum preserves and blueberry pie, plus nuances of candied violets, dark chocolate, and camphor. The medium- to full-bodied palate delivers impressive tension with lightly chewy tannins and baked blue and black fruit layers, finishing with a minty kick. The blend is 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The alcohol is 13.5%."
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Vinum: Viel Holz, angekohltes Holz, dunkler Tabak, Schwarzbrot; dichter Gaumen, satte, reife Frucht, markante Kalktannine, gut balanciert mit der Frucht, noch wild und ungestüm, mit kalkig geprägtem Finale. Der Ausbau dürfte hier noch mehr Harmonie bringen. Hat sehr gute Anlagen."
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Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart nussig unterlegte schwarze Kirschenfrucht, ein Hauch von Feigen und Nougat, opulentes Bukett. Saftig, gute Komplexität, rote Kirschen, reife Tannine, frisch und mineralisch, gut anhaftend, zeigt gutes Entwicklungspotenzial."
