Château Talbot, 4ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2022

Name: Château Talbot, 4ème Cru Classé, St Julien
Brand: Château Talbot
Price: 289 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2004 2014 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

Good ol' Talbot. We tasted at the UGC, which certainly doesn't enhance a wine’s chances, and despite its inauspicious surroundings, Talbot triumphed. Jean Michel Laporte, formally of La Conseillante has created one of the best Talbots we can remember – a wine that harks back to the glory days of the Cordiers in the 1980s. The final blend is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. It opens with classic Cabernet aromas of violet, gravelly cassis and garrigue. The palate is solid but also quite juicy and fun. Grippy, something you can get your teeth into, this is a really well-judged effort matching density of fruit with vibrant acidity and plenty of length. Bravo.

critic reviews

95/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Chewy but restrained tannins, plenty of depth and character, rose bud and peony alongside raspberry and cassis fruits, this is delicious, a great job from this estate, one to look out for, and to have plenty of confidence in its ageing ability.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2044

date of review 03/2025

94/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2022 Talbot was bottled in May. Estate Director Jean-Michel Laporte commented that he sees it as a combination of 2018, 2019 and 2020, though better than those vintages. The 2022 has a tightly knit bouquet, crisp and clean, a little "cooler" in style than I recall and I mean that in a positive way. It neatly shrugs off the warmth of that growing season. There's wonderful purity of fruit here, tinged with tobacco and light chimney soot scents. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy black fruit—a quintessential Talbot, with a little more horsepower than recent vintages but fine precision and structure on the finish. I appreciate the finesse of the tannins and the weight throughout this Saint-Julien.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2060

date of review 02/2025

93-95/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Talbot is especially impressive, and if it fulfills all its promise, it is likely to emerge as this large Saint-Julien property's most exciting wine since the 1980s. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, blackberries and cassis mingled with hints of violets and pencil lead, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, with a layered core of fruit, rich structuring tannins and a long, lively finish. It's a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot that's being matured in 60% new oak.

date of review 04/2023