Château Grand Corbin - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2018

Decanter.com

91 / 100

byJane Ansonthe1/12/2021

Vinous

90-92 / 100

byNeal Martinthe11/15/2019

They 2018 Grand Corbin has an elegant and refined bouquet with blackberry, raspberry and light rose petal scents. The oak here is neatly assimilated. The palate is smooth and rounded on the entry with dark chocolate tinged red fruit. Whilst the wood tannins are conspicuous on the finish the oak feels simpatico with the fruit and I suspect that this will age into a fine Saint-Émilion.

Jeb DUNNUCK

90-92 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/1/2019

The 2018 Château Grand Corbin is mostly Merlot but includes 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aging in 40% new French oak, it's a pretty, elegant Saint-Émilion that has notes of black raspberries, crushed flowers, spice, and ample minerality. Medium-bodied, with good freshness and ripe tannins, it's certainly an outstanding wine.

Vinous

86-89 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe5/1/2019

The 2018 Grand Corbin is laced with super-ripe dark red cherry, cedar, tobacco and spice notes. I find it compact, unyielding and searing in its tannins, some of that perhaps attributable to the shock of heat stress. Tasted two times.

The Wine Cellar Insider

91-93 / 100

byJeff Levethe4/23/2019

Medium-bodied, floral, soft and polished, this wine delivers a streak of sweet, red fruits on the mid-palate. Give it a few years or so to age and this will be an even better wine.

Jamessuckling.com

91-92 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe4/12/2019

A tight and focused young wine with blackberry aromas and flavors, buttressing the cedar and dark chocolate character. Complex and subtle for the vintage.

Jean-Marc QUARIN

92 / 100

byJean-Marc Quarinthe4/8/2019

Decanter.com

91 / 100

byJane Ansonthe4/1/2019

From the same owners as classified Château Cantemerle in Haut-Médoc, this has firm, dark fruits with well built, flexible tannins. There's real structure to this wine, with high walls, and it's enjoyable and well defined. It has a bouncy freshness, joined by blackberry and raspberry coulis notes, if a little more austere than some.
Drinking Window 2027 - 2038

Yvesbeck.wine

90-92 / 100

byYves Beckthe4/1/2019

Rouge grenat aux reflets violets. Bouquet de bonne intensité révélant des notes de baies noires et d’épices. Attaque friande. Au palais, le vin est fruité, friand et équilibré. Les tannins sont bien intégrés et en accord avec la structure. Finale fruitée. 2023-2038