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L'If, St Emilion
L'If

L'If, St Emilion, 2024

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Jacques Thienpont’s L'If 2024, born from late-harvested, clay-limestone soils and meticulous selections, offers an idiosyncratic yet ravishing profile. It bursts out of the glass with an abundance of vibrant red berries and a distinctive salty minerality, reflective of its terroir. Notes of wild herbs intertwine with sweet cherry liqueur and earthy minerals. Produced from 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc picked over three days. The selection was rigorous both in the vineyard and via density baths.

critic reviews

91-93/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored. Needs a little shaking to wake up notes of black raspberries & kirsch, followed by hints of dusty soil, dried herbs, and crushed rocks. The light to medium-bodied palate is lively and fresh with zippy red berry flavors and fine-grained tannins, finishing with a fruity lift.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2037
date of review 05/2025
90-92/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2024 L'If was picked from October 4 to 6 for the Merlot, then October 8 for the Cabernet Franc. It aged for 12 to 16 months in 50% new oak. This has a fragrant bouquet, with mainly red fruit and slate-like scents. The palate is medium-bodied and balanced, with slightly chalky tannins and a little flesh on the mid-palate. Lightly spiced on the finish, this is a comparatively straightforward L'If compared to previous vintages that will serve as a fine earlier drinking Saint-Émilion.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2038
date of review 05/2025
92/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Love the aromatics here, and vibrant ruby colour, this is a real success and bright spot in the vintage, one to look out for, fragrant, tomato leaf, peony, lilac, raspberry fruits, lots of energy and delicate juice, not a powerhouse but skilful and early to medium drinking. 3.37 ph. Harvest 4 to 8 October, really held on to push for maturity. 30% new oak, even after sorting they are at 39hl/h yield here on these clay-limestone soils. Touch of chaptilsation and saignée, showing that even with waiting til October to harvest these things were needed.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2040
date of review 04/2025
89-91/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Aromas of raspberries, bay leaf, petals and licorice introduce the 2024 L'If, a medium-bodied, supple and lively wine built around a tangy spine of acidity and concluding with a discreetly herbal finish. It's a blend of Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc.

date of review 04/2025

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
St Emilion
Producer:
L'If
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Merlot Cabernet
abv:
14%

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