Château Meyney

Château Meyney, St Estèphe, 2012

Name: Château Meyney, St Estèphe
Brand: Château Meyney

86/100

The Wine Independent

90/100

Vinous

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This has been one of the stand-out values from Bordeaux in recent vintages. On current form this would certainly be worthy of an 1855 classification. The 2020 is very impressive indeed. The nose screams of classy Cabernet fruit: pure cassis, lots of graphite and minerals infused with meadow flowers, brooding and intriguing. The core is packed with pure small berry fruit – it’s seriously intense, focused, bright, vivid, this is a wonderfully refined Meyney with real length and gravitas. It is sure to be one of the best value wines of the vintage! Fresh, detailed, serious – a profound Meyney.

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Critic Reviews

86/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2012 Meyney is medium to deep garnet colored. It has a mature nose of prunes, spice cake, and dried cherries with wafts of tobacco, menthol, and new leather. The medium-bodied palate has compelling freshness if a little thin on fruit, framed by chewy tannins and finishing a tad short.

drinking window 2022 - 2028

date of review 02/2023

90/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2012 Meyney offers mainly red fruit on the nose laced with soy and peppery notes, moderate in terms of complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, quite structured with good weight, though it is missing some precision towards the finish that feels a tad bitter. Tasted blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting.

drinking window 2022 - 2032

date of review 09/2022

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