Château Corbin 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Château Corbin 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, aromatic, racy, nicely precise and textured in its grain. It expresses notes of boysenberry, crushed berries and more slightly – star anise associated with fine touches of toast, quite ripe red berries as well as a hint of camphor and fresh tobacco and toasted-fresh almond. The palate is nicely fresh, juicy…

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Couvent des Jacobins 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Couvent des Jacobins 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is beautifully conducted, precise, fine, elegant, aromatic, with a fine hint of noble austerity. It expresses notes of violet, blackberry and more slightly – small dense fruits, associated with a touch of graphite, black pepper and a discreet hint of lily. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, suavity, a mineral frame, good…

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Château Chauvin 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Château Chauvin 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, frank, precise, with a lovely finesse and melodious grain. It expresses notes of bright wild blackcurrant, fleshy/juicy blueberry and more slightly – cornflower associated with touches of fleshy red berries, as well as fine hints of liquorice stick and a discreet hint of toasted hazelnut and infusion. The palate is nicely…

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Château Fombrauge 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Château Fombrauge 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, gourmand, elegant, precise and offers a certain concentration in accuracy, a textured side. It expresses notes of crushed blackberry, ripe wild strawberry and more slightly of star anise associated with touches of lily, nutmeg and fine hints of fresh blond tobacco. The palate is nicely juicy, fruity and offers minerality, a…

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Château La Confession 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Château La Confession 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is nicely built, fresh, intense, with a nice precise, frank and fine grain. It expresses notes of boysenberry, wild blackcurrant and more slightly – wild strawberry, associated with touches of graphite, camphor, mocha, as well as a fine hint of small blue fruits, a hint of fresh pepper. The palate is nicely juicy,…

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Château Puyblanquet 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru

Château Puyblanquet 2023 – Saint Emilion Grand Cru

The nose is beautifully conducted, precise and offers a lovely fine grain, precise and powerful, accuracy and a certain depth. It expresses notes of pulpy wild blackcurrant, pulpy purple plum and more slightly – small bright red berries, associated with fine hints of infusion, a hint of sense of place and a discreet hint of…

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Château Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Château Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

The nose offers fruit, minerality. The palate is fruity and offers a beautiful freshness, tension, a fine minerality, a certain fleshiness/juiciness of the fruit. It expresses notes of pulpy blackberry, pulpy blueberry and more lightly – pulpy raspberry, associated with touches of crushed berries, as well as fine almost roasted hints of the fruit. A…

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Château La Révérence 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Château La Révérence 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

The nose is on ripe black berries, concentrated/fairly ripe red berries and more slightly – pepper, associated with fine touches of violet and tobacco. The palate is fruity, mineral, and offers tension, a certain freshness, notes of blackberry, pulpy blackcurrant and more slightly – fairly ripe red berries, even cooked, associated with touches of tobacco…

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Château Franc Bigaroux 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Château Franc Bigaroux 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

The nose is spicy, with a fine dusty side. The palate is fruity and offers minerality, freshness, a fine tension, notes of juicy/ripe raspberry, violet and more lightly – small ripe wild red berries, associated with floral touches. Good length.

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Révélation de Croix Cardinale 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Révélation de Croix Cardinale 2023 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

(80%M, 15%CF,5%CS) Lovely fruity nose, gourmand and which offers softness in freshness, a nice texture as well as density in freshness. We find notes of small ripe fruits and small notes of camphor associated with touches of small ripe blues, a subtle hint of cornflower, a discreet hint of fresh pepper, star anise as well…

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