Château Meyney, St Estèphe, 2020
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.
critic reviews
The 2020 Meyney has a crisp, focused and detailed bouquet with precise blackberry, blueberry and cedar scents that are almost Pauillac in style. The palate is medium-bodied with impressive concentration on the entry, layers of licorice-tinged black fruit and a peppery finish that wants to make a statement. But it's just a bit squidgy. It will require five or six years in bottle just to shave its edges. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
A strong performance for this improving estate, the 2020 Meyney unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, plums, violets, cigar box and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, with a pure and fleshy core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins and lively acids, it has retained energy and balance in this warm vintage.
The 2020 Meyney is deep garnet-purple in color. It rolls up with ready-for-business notes of crushed blackcurrants and plum preserves, plus hints of wild sage, damp soil, and charcoal. The medium-bodied palate is uncomplicated and refreshing with soft, approachable tannins and a mineral-laced finish.