chateau laroque grand cru classe st emilion

Château Laroque

Château Laroque, Grand Cru Classé, St Émilion, 2020

Name: Château Laroque, Grand Cru Classé, St Émilion
Brand: Château Laroque
Price: 155.12 GBP

95/100

Inside Bordeaux

97/100

The Wine Independent

91.5/100

Vinous

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2020
6x75cl
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£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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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.