Château Laroque, Grand Cru Classé, St Émilion
    Château Laroque

    Château Laroque, Grand Cru Classé, St Émilion, 2020

    95/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    97/100
    The Wine Independent
    91.5/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2020

      6x75cl

      DP

      £155.12

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Following on from the sensational 2019, Laroque has once again produced what must be one of the best value buys from Bordeaux. A complex bouquet of violets, liquorice, camphor, garrigue, clay, black cherry, mulberry and fragrant plums unfurls from the glass. The attack is striking for its intensity and purity. Waves of silky textured, mineral infused, bitter-sweet, hedgerow fruit delight the palate, finishing with cashmere like tannins flecked with notes of graphite, cocoa nibs, crème de mûre and griotte. Very impressive. This is worth stocking up on while it’s still affordable!

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    Critic Reviews

    91.5/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2020 Laroque has a ripe, opulent nose with blackberry, raspberry coulis, wild hedgerow and a subtle touch of mint. The oak is nicely integrated, but it loses some vitality in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy, saturated and pliant tannins. It has fine weight, with just a smidgen of welcome bitterness that imparts tension on the finish. This is very promising and astutely made, though this showing suggests it may have begun closing down. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
    drinking window 2028 - 2040
    date of review 11/2024
    97/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    A blend of 99% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc, the 2020 Laroque is deep garnet-purple in color. A little subdued to begin, offering subtle notes of crushed rocks and damp soil, it opens out to a core of ripe black and red plums and fresh blackberries, plus a fragrant waft of lilacs. The full-bodied palate is bursting with taut, muscular black fruits and amazing tension, framed by ripe, rounded tannins, and finishing with great length and depth.
    drinking window 2028 - 2058
    date of review 03/2023
    95/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    There is such incredible balance to this wine, with deftly expressed black and blue fruits, espresso, liqourice and cocoa bean shavings, all delivered slowly but surely through the palate, held in by sculpted tannins, and wet stone texture. This is my biggest upscore from En Primeur - I noted at the time that it was extremely closed, but it is now showing its incredible potential, and is a great value wine. David Suire director, owners Beaumartin family, 61ha of vines.
    drinking window 2025 - 2040
    date of review 02/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Emilion
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Merlot Cabernet
    abv:
    13%

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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.