critic reviews
The 2022 Meyney has a more flattering, perhaps flamboyant bouquet than the Tronquoy, though it is just as well defined, the fruit a little richer and fuller. The palate is medium-bodied but with assertive tannins, layered red and black fruit laced with white pepper and allspice. Quite rounded on the finish, where it succeeds is in maintaining delineation and not going gung-ho. This Meyney may well be meliorating in bottle... one to watch. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.
The 2022 from Meyney is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot and 13% Petit Verdot, and aromatically it is a dream, with dark and focused fruits to the fore, blackberry and currant wrapped up in a powdery ribbon and fine oak and mineral freshness. This feels very coherent, and the palate follows the lead of the nose, with seductive layers of black fruits, with little toasted and saline elements, over a frame of beautifully melded tannins which give the palate a dark, coherent, cohesive sense of promise. A great vintage for Meyney, easily a challenger for the cru classé wines of the appellation in this vintage. A safe bet for the cellar, this. The alcohol on the label is 14%.
Well balanced ripe red fruits, creamy without being overly exuberant, tomato leaf and rosebud interwoven with damson and red cherry fruits, good stuff, one to share.
Opening in the glass with aromas of sweet dark berries, licorice and petals, the 2022 Meyney is medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a fleshy core of fruit girdled by sweet but firm tannins. Pure and taut, it is a strong effort that will require a bit of patience.