chateau berliquet grand cru classe st emilion

Château Berliquet

Château Berliquet, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2023

Name: Château Berliquet, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Berliquet
Price: 216 GBP

92/100

Inside Bordeaux

94-96/100

The Wine Independent

93-95/100

Vinous

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2023
6x75cl
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£216.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

We've finally had our Berliquet epiphany. The 2023 is the first vintage made at the new winery, which allows for plot by plot vinifications. There's certainly a lot more precision in the 2023, better clarity to the fruit and a much-enhanced tannic profile. This feels like it hails from a top-class limestone terroir. Still a little burlier than Canon but much more refined than usual. There's a juicy core of dark fruit, which is contained and focussed. Hints of chalky minerality mix with notes of floral fruit. Although dark and somewhat brooding this Berliquet finishes with fine, refreshing, salty tannins, which are both sophisticated and ripe. Bravo.

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Critic Reviews

94-96/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

A blend of 59% Merlot and 41% Cabernet Franc, the 2023 Berliquet has a pH of 3.53 and it is ageing in 10% amphorae and 90% oak barriques, of which 34% are new. It has a deep garnet-purple color and it hops from the glass with fragrant notes of wild blueberries, plum preserves, and kirsch, followed by hints of lilacs, fragrant soil, and cardamom. The medium-bodied palate is bright and energetic, with intense red and black berry layers and super-silky tannins, finishing with wonderful length and tension.

drinking window 2029 - 2050

date of review 05/2024

92/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

No tasting notes available

drinking window 2028 - 2040

date of review 05/2024

93-95/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2023 Berliquet was picked 23 September to October 5 at 45hL/ha, matured in 34% new oak plus 10 amphorae. Initially, the nose is quite backward and doesn't want to play. Give it a few swirls and it opens to reveal black cherries, blackcurrant and a distant tang of oyster shell emanating from limestone soils. The palate is medium-bodied with a very harmonious entry. Finely weighted, tensile and slightly savory in style, this is very elegant, finishing with citrus-like freshness. Berliquet has definitely been in the ascendant in recent vintages, and this is another to add.

drinking window 2028 - 2050

date of review 04/2024

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