critic reviews
The 2020 Moulin Saint Georges has a more austere, introspective bouquet compared to its peers. Despite its tertiary style, there is fruit here; it just needs time to unlock it. The palate is medium-bodied, delineated and refreshingly saline, with fine-grained tannins and a dash of white pepper toward the finish. This is yet another classy Saint-Émilion to add to the roster. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
The 2020 Moulin St Georges is more marked by its elevage than its brilliant 2019 predecessor (a wine I purchased for my own cellar). Offering up aromas of plums, cherries and spices mingled with prominent notes of coconut and vanilla pod, it's medium to full-bodied, bright and racy, reflecting its west-facing limestone terroir, concluding with a saline, somewhat oak-inflected finish that is likely to become better integrated with a bit of bottle age.
The 2020 Moulin Saint-Georges, a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, is deep garnet-purple in color. Black raspberries, fresh blackberries, and chocolate-covered cherries jump from the glass, followed by suggestions of cedar chest, cardamom, camphor, and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate is so elegantly crafted, with beautifully rounded tannins and seamless freshness supporting the earth-laced black fruits, finishing long and minerally.
What amazing texture, creamy and yet tight, with waves of violet and peony aromatics, smoked sandalwood, incense, raspberry fruit, flaky pastry, damson fruits, vanilla bean and espresso, grips on with fine salt-tinged tannins. A touch more Merlot than usual in the blend, because the Cabernet Franc had more trouble in the heat. 3.5ph. 100% new oak, an upscore from En Primeur, but I loved it then also, this is just the most wonderful estate, with clay-dominant soils that go down around 1.5m before hitting the limestone bedrock.