Chateau Saint Pierre 2021

Weinwisser: "70 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 14 % Merlot, 9 % Cabernet Franc, 7% Petit Verdot. Verführerisches rotbeeriges Bouquet, reife Himbeere, Johannisbeergelee und Hibiskus, dahinter heller Tabak, Tonkabohne und verführerische Fliedernoten. Am saftigen Gaumen seidige Textur, herrliche Extraktfülle, straff geschnitten, stützende Rasse und engmaschiger Körper. Im konzentrierten Finale verschlankt sich der St.-Julien, Red Kurant-Drops, Hagebuttentee, tiefschürfende Terroirwürze und fein sandige Adstringenz. Kann mit den großartigen Vorjahren nicht (ganz) mithalten, gehört aber in seiner Klasse ganz klar zu den Besten."

Vinum: "Beginnt kompakt und dicht, entwickelt grosse Rasse dank seidigem Tannin und besonderer Mineralität, grosse Länge auf Noten frischer Beeren; herrlich ausgewogen und empfehlenswert."

Decanter: "Lively, with a shot of almost sour fruit on initial impact, a real strawberry and red cherry tang with grippy tannins that are chewy and fleshy. It's well worked with body and structure delivering a consistency from start to the long finish. May not be the most vivacious at the moment but this has excellent clarity and positioning with no let up. A bolder style for the vintage with confidence, charm and precision on show."

James Suckling: "A firm, medium-to full-bodied red with a compact core of lavender, blackcurrants, blackberries and cocoa. Firm and polished tannins. Very well structured for the vintage."

Wine Advocate: "The 2021 Saint-Pierre is very pretty, offering up aromas of plums, wild berries, sweet spice box, cigar wrapper and nicely integrated new oak. Medium to full-bodied, ample and layered, it's a charming, fleshy wine with lively acids and fine length on the finish. It's a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and fully 7% Petit Verdot—the latter having, in fact, been co-planted among Cabernet in some of the estate's older vine holdings, but only formally identified as such now."

Jeb Dunnuck: "I loved the 2021 Château Saint-Pierre, a medium-bodied, fresh, focused, yet still concentrated and textured Saint-Julien. Based on a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot representing a selection of 70% of the total production, it offers plenty of red and black fruits, notes of tobacco and crushed stone, terrific purity of fruit, and just a beautiful sense of elegance and finesse. The balance is spot on, and it's going to offer pleasure right out of the gate yet should also evolve gracefully."

The Wine Cellar Insider: "Espresso, smoke, black cherry, currants, spice, flowers, and chocolate on the nose, as well as in the plush, round, fruit-filled palate. There is a nice touch of minty espresso in the finish that comes in on the backend. The wine blends 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 7% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2023-2045."

Falstaff: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zarte Pflaumenfrucht, ein Hauch von Brombeeren, feine Kräuterwürze. Mittlerer Körper, rotbeeriger Touch, feine, seidige Tannine, salziger Touch, frisch und lebendig, vielseitig einsetzbar."