The Great Bordeaux 2022 Vintage Tasting 1. februar 2025
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Domaine de Chevalier
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Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion
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Weingut Schätzel
2022 petnaT3000
2022 Naturweiss
2023 Riesling3000
20-23 Steiner Silvaner
17-23 Steiner Riesling
2020 Fuchs Riesling
2023 Riesling Kabinett
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2022 Château Malescot St-Exupéry · 3. Grand Cru Classé · Margaux
Offering up aromas of rich blackberries, cassis, sweet spices, pencil shavings and creamy new oak, the 2022 Malescot St. Exupery is medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with a broad attack that segues into a layered core of expressive fruit that's framed by sweet, powdery tannins. A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, this is one of the appellation's most flamboyant wines, but it retains good balance and boasts a healthy pH of 3.65. WA 93-95
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Château Rauzan-Gassies
2022 Château Croizet-Bages · 5. Grand Cru Classé · Pauillac
Silky texture on the opening beats, clear depth to the black fruit, slightly drying tannins that just close things off on the finish but this has Pauillac typicity in spades, with charcoal, graphite and crushed rock character, great stuff. Jane Anson 92
2022 Château Rauzan-Gassies · 2. Grand Cru Classé · Margaux
A highly successful Rauzan Gassies that provides a understated, nuanced interpretation of the vintage, with waves of red rose and peony floral aromatics and toasted spice from the first nose. Has depth and concentration of black cherry and cassis fruits, and balances the flash of heat with plenty of white pepper and cinnammon notes, fresh lemongrass acidities and a lift through the palate. Impressive from the Quié family, and should be good value. Jane Anson 93
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Château Rauzan-Ségla
2022 Ségla · Margaux
Knitted down character to the tannins, this is intense and concentrated, edges of fig and mint, charcoal and chocolate, bright spice complexity rosemary and aniseed, subtle with life and energy. 20% new oak, 45% of production in Ségla. Jane Anson 92
2022 Château Rauzan-Ségla · 2. Grand Cru Classé · Margaux
The 2022 Rauzan-Ségla is a beautifully sensual, charming wine, bursting with aromas of cherries, dark berries and plums mingled with hints of violets, sweet loamy soil and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's fleshy and enveloping, with an ample core of vibrant fruit, supple tannins and a long, succulent finish. The 2022 is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot; and in 2022, the east-facing sides of the vines, which see the afternoon sun, were picked separately, along with anything that showed signs of stress. WA 96-97
2022 Château Berliquet · Grand Cru Classé · Saint-Émilion
The 2022 Berliquet is brilliant, bursting with aromas of plums, wild berries and lilac, followed by a medium to full-bodied, concentrated and vibrant palate that's deep and mineral. It's likely to be another of the vintage's more attractive en primeur proportions. This estate just goes from strength to strength—and that's before its new winery has been constructed! One of the most significant changes has been opting to retain higher canopies, which means that the fruiting zone of rows planted along the slope are now shaded, preserving freshness. WA 94-95
2022 Croix Canon · Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
A terrific effort that will likely number among the values of the vintage, the 2022 Croix Canon offers up aromas of dark berries, petals and warm spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy palate framed by supple tannins and concluding with a saline finish. It will offer a broad drinking window. WA 91-93
2022 Château Canon · 1. Grand Cru Classé · Saint-Émilion
From an estate that is delivering its greatest run of vintages since the superb Post War series that preceded the frosts of 1956, the 2022 Canon is a magical wine that will be worth every effort to track down. Wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries, wild plums and cherries mingled with hints of bay leaf, spices and violets, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with huge levels of concentration, vibrant acids and beautifully refined tannins. Concluding with a long, saline finish, this pure, perfumed and ineffably complete Canon is built for the ages, even if its structural polish is such that it will be approachable at a surprisingly early age. WA 99-100
Dyrkningsmetode: Conversion Biologique
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Château Ferrière
Château La Gurgue 2022 · Margaux · Biodynamique
Emphasis on Petit Verdot at La Gurgue, and this kicks off with black pepper spice, a ton of dark intense fruits, mushroom, undergrowth, edges of baked plum but also eucalyptus and mint, there is balance and interest here. 25hl/h yield, 3.6ph, harvest September 9 to 30. 15% new oak, 35% barrels of one wine, 35% in concrete eggs, 15% amphora for ageing. Jane Anson 91
Château Ferrière 2022 · 3. Grand Cru Classé · Margaux · Biodynamique
Tobacco leaf, raspberry puree, there is an appealing earthy freshness that really works alongside the concentration of the year. Ripe black fruits, balanced by mint leaf, avoids the baked fruit notes that are pretty widespread in the vintage, maintains lift and juice. Harvest September 12 to 30, 24hl/h yield. 35% new oak, 35% barrels of one wine, 20% in concrete eggs, 10% amphora for ageing. Jane Anson 93
Dyrkningsmetode: Biodynamisk · EcoCert + Demeter
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Château Durfort-Vivens
2022 La Nature de Durfort-Vivens · Margaux · Biodynamique · sans sulfites ajoutés
‘’In a perpetual quest for natural balance and thanks to high-precision work in the cellar, i wanted to go even further by making a cuvée without any addition of sulfites. Therefore no more input disturbs the chemistry that naturally occurs between the terroir of Durfort-Vivens and its aromatic expression. Back to basics, back to authenticity ... This wine is called La Nature de Durfort-Vivens.’’ Gonzague Lurton, The Owner
2022 Château Durfort-Vivens · 2. Grand Cru Classé Margaux · Biodynamique
A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon and 16% Merlot, the 2022 Durfort Vivens is a lovely wine that wafts from the glass with aromas of minty dark berries, sweet plums, licorice and burning embers. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered, it's rich and concentrated, with a deep and lively core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins. WA 93-96
Dyrkningsmetode: Biodynamisk · EcoCert + Demeter
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Château Palmer
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2022 Château Beychevelle · 4. Grand Cru Classé · Saint-Julien
The 2022 Beychevelle was picked between 12 and 29 September at 36hL/ha and matured in 70% new oak.
It has an intense bouquet of black cherries, blueberries, and touches of cassis and violet. At this early stage, it is not as ostentatious as some other Saint-Julien wines but delineated and positively brims with energy. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit framed by beautifully sculpted tannins. The 2022 is very harmonious, satin-like in texture, and gently fans out toward the finish. It ends up being one of the most seductive Beychevelles I have tasted from barrel, one not to be overlooked. Vinous 95-97
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Château Langoa Barton
2022 Château Langoa Barton · 3. Grand Cru Classé · Saint-Julien
The first vintage produced in the estate's new winery, which more than doubled the number of vats, permitting sub-plot by sub-plot vinification, the brilliant 2022 Langoa Barton offers up aromas of dark berries, cassis, violets and cigar wrapper, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and fleshy palate endowed with terrific depth and tension. Polished and penetrating, it should match or even surpass the 2019 and 2016 vintages, and it is sure to be one of the more intelligent purchases of the en primeur campaign. WA 93-95
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Château Gruaud Larose
2022 Château Gruaud Larose · 2. Grand Cru Classé · Saint-Julien · Biologique
The progress at this estate continues with the terrific 2022 Gruaud Larose, a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc that unfurls in the glass with deep aromas of minty blackberries, violets and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's elegantly muscular, with a broad attack that segues into a concentrated mid-palate framed by supple, powdery tannins. Richer and more brooding than its 2020 and 2019 counterparts, it confirms Gruaud's return to the Saint-Julien élite. Around one-third of the production made it into the grand vin this year, the château's first with organic certification. WA 94-96
Dyrkningsmetode: Biologisk
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Château Pichon Baron
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Pichon-Longueville Comtesse
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Château Duhart Milon
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Château Lafite Rothschild
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Château Haut-Bages Libéral
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