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Château Berliquet, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Château Berliquet

Château Berliquet, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2017

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justerini & brooks tasting note

After many years being tended by Nicolas Thienpont, Berliquet is now being managed by another Nicolas, Monsieur Audebert of Canon and Rauzan Segla fame. The Wertheimer family recently purchased this superb clay/limestone plot between Canon and Belair Monange. The 2017 is the new team's first foray with this terroir and they opted for a cautious approach to picking and vinifications. The result is very impressive, although one senses this is very much a work in progress. Vivid crimson fruit, pure tayberry interwoven with minerals and liquorice. The palate is intense, vibrant and flavoursome with a real sense of its limestone terroir. Definitely one to watch!

critic reviews

94/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2017 Berliquet is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. It bursts with notions of fresh blackberries, black and red plums, and redcurrants, plus hints of dried herbs and crushed rocks. Medium-bodied, the palate is energetic and refreshing with minerally accents to the black fruits, finishing with a pleasant chewiness.

DRINKING WINDOW 2022 - 2037
date of review 12/2022
94/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Berliquet gives up expressive notes of baked plums, blackberry preserves and mulberries with hints of licorice, crushed rocks, chargrilled meat and wild sage. Medium-bodied, the palate has a great core of elegantly played flavors framed by soft, plush tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and minerally. The blend is 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc and it was aged for 18 months in French oak, 50% new.

DRINKING WINDOW 2021 - 2039
date of review 03/2020
89/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2017 Berliquet was cropped at 30hl/ha and matured in 50% new oak. It offers attractive blackberry, blueberry and light vanillary scents on the nose, a little sleeker and more opulent in style than the 2017 Canon. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannins and compact black fruit. An abrupt finish just needs to manifest more persistence. I appreciate the mintiness that begins to appear on the aftertaste.

DRINKING WINDOW 2021 - 2035
date of review 02/2020

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
St Emilion
Producer:
Château Berliquet
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Merlot Cabernet
abv:
14%

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