Le Prieuré - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2023

The Wine Cellar Insider

94

byJeff Levethe3/30/2026

The flowers and black raspberries in the nose easily grab your focus. On the palate, the wine is silky, vibrant, and fresh, with lift, energy, and waves of creamy raspberries, cherries, and spice to top things off. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2045.

Vinous

94

byAntonio Gallonithe3/16/2026

The 2023 Le Prieuré is plump, juicy and expressive, all qualities that will be easy to appreciate on release. Soft contours wrap around a core of black cherry, gravel, licorice, spice, menthol and new leather. There's gorgeous textural depth and resonance here. This understated, brilliant Saint-Émilion is all charm. Brisk acids typical of this sector really explode on the back end. As always, Le Prieuré is a wine of sophistication and finesse more than of power.

Vinous

92

byNeal Martinthe2/1/2026

The 2023 Le Prieuré, the first to be made in smaller vats, has another discreet bouquet following on from its stablemate, Vray Croix de Gay, clean, precise and focused with blackberry and raspberry fruit, undergirded by subtle crushed stone notes. The palate is medium-bodied with a little creaminess on the entry that belies the structure underneath. Quite classical in style with admirable sapidity, this is a classy Saint-Émilion that will age in bottle for up to 15 years, possibly more. Very fine.

My Bettane + Desseauve

93

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/15/2024

Le cru commence à exprimer tout son potentiel, avec une vraie dimension minérale qui prend désormais du fruit en bouche. Il a de la classe.

The Drinks Business

92-94

byColin Haythe5/7/2024

Puyblanquet (Saint Émilion; 80% Merlot; 20% Cabernet Franc; just 11 of the 19 hectares here are in production with significant replanting underway; just in front of Pressac, next to Boutisse; 14.2% alcohol; tasted at La Gaffelière with Thomas Soubes). Beautiful in its intensely dark fruited aromatic profile. Plump but sleek and plush. Brambles and blackberries. A hint of cedar and graphite. Lovely texture and nicely chiselled. Very pure and lithe. Excellent. Luminous at the core and with lovely powdery chalky tannins on the finish. This gets better each year. 

The Wine Cellar Insider

92-94

byJeff Levethe5/6/2024

Quite floral in nature, you also find black raspberries, marine influences, orange, and flowers in the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, elegant, energetic, and silky-textured on the palate, with freshness, ripe fruits, and a complicating touch of salt in the finish. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc.14.5% ABV, 3.5 pH. Drink from 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts.

Vinous

92-95

byAntonio Gallonithe4/30/2024

The 2023 Le Prieuré is a model of classicism and refinement. Dark, sensual and inviting, Le Prieuré is one of the most refined wines in Saint-Émilion. In recent vintages, it has always been a wine of tension. This iteration includes parcels from the neighboring châteaux, where there is a bit more clay. Consequently, the 2023 has a bit more mid-palate texture than most years, yet it retains its vibrant, saline intensity. I loved it. Tasted two times.

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe4/29/2024

The 2023 Le Prieuré, a property where the new winery will come into operation from 2024, was cropped at 35hL/ha between September 9 and 29. It has much more fruit concentration than its stablemate, Vray Croix de Gay: black plum mixed with Provençal herbs and a light ferrous tincture. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins and a keen line of acidity, remaining fresh and vibrant as it gently fans out toward the composed and satisfying finish. I really like this—a fine Saint-Émilion from winemaker Vincent Millet.

Alexandre Ma

92-93

byAlexandre Mathe4/28/2024

Wine Advocate

92-93

byWilliam Kelleythe4/26/2024

The 2023 Le Prieuré is the first vintage from this estate to incorporate newly acquired parcels in Villemaurine, lending the wine some additional mid-palate amplitude. Offering up aromas of dark berries, cherries, bay leaf and incense, it's medium-bodied, lively and textural, with a bright spine of acidity that reflects its limestone origins.

Jamessuckling.com

93-94

byJames Sucklingthe4/25/2024

This is very focused, with lots of blue fruit alongside crushed stone and a chalky sensibility. Medium body. Solid core of fruit with freshness and salinity at the end. Clear nature to this. This is much better than 2022. From the owners of Calon Segur.