Château Laroque, Grand Cru Classé, St Émilion
    Château Laroque

    Château Laroque, Grand Cru Classé, St Émilion, 2023

    95/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    93-95/100
    The Wine Independent
    94-96/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    En primeur
    1. 2023

      6x75cl

      EP

      £120.00

    2. 2023

      12x75cl

      EP

      £240.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    David Suire's Laroque must rank amongst the best value wines of the right bank. Since his arrival in 2015, critics have heaped praise in his wines, and for the time being, they remain relatively affordable (relative to wines with similar scores). The 2023 reveals aromas of violets and raspberries. This is a more lifted, more red fruited example than recent years with a creamy, sweet core, good sense of tension and prolonged, mineral inflected finish.

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    Critic Reviews

    93-95/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2023 Laroque is deep garnet-purple in color. It is a touch closed to start off, with reluctant scents of cedar and tar eventually opening out to a core of ripe black and red plums, Bing cherries, and fragrant earth plus a waft of violets. The medium-bodied palate delivers great tension and beautifully ripe, rounded tannins to support the red and black berry flavors, finishing on a floral note. The blend is 99% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc.
    drinking window 2028 - 2042
    date of review 05/2024
    95/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Medium intensity ruby, this is a little reserved at first, in the best way, in that it has the hidden depths that are just so promising during En Primeur, real sense of sapidity, squid ink, violet reflections, extremely vibrant, really like this, blueberry, sage, slate, lift on the finish, delicious. Beaumartin family, David Suire winemaker.
    drinking window 2028 - 2042
    date of review 05/2024
    94-96/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2023 Laroque has an outstanding bouquet that shades many of its peers. It conveys transparency and mineralité at a higher level and leaves you wanting more. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins that frame the pure black cherry and raspberry fruit. There is structure here, and the finish is notably longer than other wines of its class. This is very impressive, and I can imagine it aging with style.
    drinking window 2027 - 2050
    date of review 04/2024

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Emilion
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Merlot Cabernet
    abv:
    14%

    allergen information

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