Château Grand Village
Château Grand Village, Rouge, Bordeaux Supérieur, 2022
92/100
Inside Bordeaux
92-94/100
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
86/100
The Wine Independent
91/100
Vinous
Available Vintages
Broking
2022
6x75cl
DP
£128.74
Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
We have to keep re-writing the history books each time we taste the new vintage of Grand Village… 2022 is yet another wine that surpasses all that comes before it. As Les Perrieres grows, the weakest vineyards at Grand Village have been taken out of production, which has had a dramatic effect on volumes and quality. Although only 20% Bouchet (old vine Cabernet Franc genetics from Lafleur), this varietal speaks loudly and clearly on the amazingly sophisticated nose of griotte, plums, spice, bilberry, bramble, stones and flowers. The palate is equally engaging with a plushness and depth to the fragrant core of fruit. Smooth and generous but with a crackle and energy, it finishes with a sense of purity, sapidity and finesse, far more complex and refined than one could or should expect from a wine at this price level. The wonderful linear finish is long and engaging, coated with fine minerals. A superb Grand Village that keeps pushing the boundaries.
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We store clients’ wines with a subsidiary company called Cellarers (Wines) Ltd, which is wholly owned by Justerini & Brooks but where clients’ wines are segregated from our own stock. The wines are stored at Octavian's industry-leading underground cellars in Corsham, Wiltshire, UK. All wines stored with Cellarers are individually labelled with clients’ details and are insured to current market value.
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We offer regular shipments to Hong Kong from £90 per 9L case and £62 per 4.5L case. A discounted rate of £72 per 9L case may apply when shipping five or more cases to one address. Deliveries usually take approximately three weeks.
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When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of utmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.
Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.
We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.
We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.
The Journey
Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.
This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.
While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.
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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.
Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.
Critic Reviews
86/100
Chris Kissack,
The Wine Independent
This is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, from an increasingly restricted vineyard and the élevage was one-third in new oak barrel for about nine months (these then come to Lafleur for use there), the remainder in second-fill barrels and in tank. The nose is rich in dried fruits and heavily smoked and toasted aromas, with a curious green and vegetal note to it, which makes me wonder if there was some desiccation of the berries on the vine before the harvest. This dried fruit character also comes across on the palate, with a rich core of toasted fruit, and it is fully entwined with a rich wrapping of whisky lactones coming from the oak. It feels warm and spirity as well, and finishes with a dense envelop of drying tannins. This one wears the dry and warm conditions of 2022 on its sleeve. The alcohol on the label is a hearty 15%.
drinking window 2026 - 2042
date of review 06/2025
92/100
Jane Anson,
Inside Bordeaux
Earthy with softly smoked earth, muscular tannins, cherry pit, raspberry, peony and salted cracker finish. They are increasing the massal selection from Lafleur vine stock in this wine for the Bouchet (Cabernet Franc), which helps give this saline kick on the finish. Harvest September 9 to 23. 30% new oak, 10ha vineyard after restructuring.
drinking window 2026 - 2036
date of review 03/2025
91/100
Neal Martin,
Vinous
The 2022 Grand Village has a wonderful bouquet with blackberry, wild strawberry and black olive scents that blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, a strong marine influence and a slightly grainy texture. There is a keen line of acidity with a precise, sustained finish. Is it the best Grand Village ever? It's up there.
drinking window 2027 - 2040
date of review 02/2025
92-94/100
Yohan Castaing,
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Baptiste Guinaudeau and his team have produced a beautifully pure, perfumed 2022 Grand Village that bursts with aromas of licorice, graphite, blackberries, pencil shaving, iris and fresh mint. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and fleshy, this outstanding wine is perfectly balanced on the palate with velvety tannins and a bright, saline finish. This is one of the very best Grand Villages produced to date, and it benefits from the sort of careful winemaking normally reserved for cru classe wines. Its a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, although for the latter grape the Guinaudeau family prefers the local name of Bouchet.
date of review 04/2023
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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.
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