Franc Mayne - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020

La Revue du Vin de France

94-95 / 100

the6/7/2021

La nature a bien fait les choses pour Franc Mayne en 2020. Ce millésime met en valeur les formes rebondies du vin tout en appuyant sur la tension crayeuse des tanins. La finale plus florale en rajoute sur l’impression de nervosité.

Le Figaro

92-94 / 100

the6/2/2021

Nez très fin et élégant qui associe pain grillé, petites baies noires et épices douces. En bouche, la matière est à la fois délicate et intense, avec un fruité tout en rondeur. La caresse d'un bouquet de violettes, qui laissent exhaler leurs doux arômes, tout en délicatesse et en suavité.

Vinous

93-95 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe6/1/2021

The 2020 Franc-Mayne is an exotic, heady wine. Inky dark fruit, chocolate, licorice and espresso lend an air of dark, sepia-toned beauty throughout. Plush, silky and generous, the 2020 is wonderfully deep and layered. Those qualities continue to emerge effortlessly over time. This large-scaled, ample Saint-Émilion has so much to offer.

Jeb DUNNUCK

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byJeb Dunnuckthe5/28/2021

The 2020 Château Franc Mayne is a dense, rich, powerful Saint-Emilion based mostly on Merlot, although it includes a splash of Cabernet Franc. Lots of ripe black fruits, iodine, iron, and leafy herb notes define the nose, and it's medium to full-bodied, with a rich, dense mid-palate, ripe tannins, and just a mouth-filling, satisfying style that should keep for two decades or more.

Vinous

89-91 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/27/2021

The 2020 Franc-Mayne has quite a serious bouquet, backward at first, the opening to offer blackberry, bilberry and candied orange peel. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, and quite sweet and fleshy, although I would like to see more tension and grip on the rather glossy finish by the time of bottling. Two bottles tasted, one showing a little more persistence than the other.

Decanter.com

92 / 100

byJane Ansonthe5/25/2021

Polished, juicy and with grip. A little austere right now, but this has layered blueberry and black cherry fruits, drawn out by waves of liquorice and slate. Last year with director Martine Cazenave in charge before retirement. Winemaker Sophie Mage used to work with Artemis Estates in the Rhône. 18 months in new oak barrels, wood casks, amphoras and ovoid concrete vats.

The Wine Cellar Insider

91-93 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/21/2021

Flowers, spice, wet earth, cigar box, dark red fruits and spice come through on the nose with ease. On the medium-bodied palate. the wine is fresh, sweet, juicy, refined and elegant, finishing with soft, polished, silky red fruits. 91-93

Wine Advocate

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byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/20/2021

Deep purple-black colored, the 2020 Franc-Mayne has a powerful nose of baked black cherries, stewed plums and boysenberry preserves, plus hints of mocha, hoisin and tapenade. The medium to full-bodied palate has impressive freshness to lift the rich, ripe black fruits, supported by soft, rounded tannins, finishing with lingering exotic spice notes.

Anthocyanes

94-96 / 100

byYohan Castaingthe5/11/2021

Réduit, le nez s'impose par des notes d'iris, de violette, de bourgeon de cassis. Un peu atramentaire. Très beau toucher de bouche, frais et délicat, juteux à souhait avec un grain très précis et une fraicheur mentholée émotionnelle. Très belle linéarité d'ensemble avec une texture cristalline. Ce vin s'exprime plus en bouche qu'au nez actuellement mais reste une valeur sure. Grande Précision d'ensemble. Bravo !

Falstaff

91-93 / 100

the5/10/2021

Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Reife Pflaumen, schwarze Kirschen, feine tabakige Nuancen, ein Hauch von kandierten Or- angenzesten, etwas Nougat. Saftig, feine Fruchtsüße, elegant, frische Säurestruktur, mineralisch-salzig im Abgang, ein stoffiger Speisenbegleiter,