Saint-Pierre - Saint-Julien 2020

TASTED

92 / 100

byAndreas Larssonthe7/6/2021

Nice purity and precision, ample and ripe cabernet fruit, dense yet within the medium bodied range without opulence, pure and fresh with finely polished tannin and a long pure finish.

La Revue du Vin de France

93-95 / 100

the6/7/2021

L’équilibre et la définition du fruit nous séduisent, avec un toucher fin et raffiné. Le vin apparaît très équilibré et le fruit demeure juteux à souhait.

Le Figaro

93-95 / 100

the6/2/2021

Un nez vibrant et épicé aux notes de caramel, de sous-bois, d'essence et de fruits noirs sauvages. Une bouche pulpeuse d'actrice italienne, aux arômes de prune et de bonbon à la réglisse, avec une pointe de cardamome et une longueur renversante.

Vinous

93-95 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe6/1/2021

The 2020 Saint-Pierre (Saint-Julien) is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine. Inky, rich and explosive, the 2020 possesses magnificent intensity from start to finish. Crème de cassis, lavender, spice, chocolate, licorice, graphite and menthol infuse the 2020 with striking depth. The 2020 is heady and unctuous, but not at all overdone. It is one of my early favorites in this vintage, within its peer group. Tasted two times.

Jeb DUNNUCK

94-96 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/28/2021

The 2020 Château Saint-Pierre (Saint-Julien) looks to be beautiful, with a fresher, focused, yet still powerful style that fits nicely into the vintage. Lots of black and blue fruits, crushed stone, and graphite define the nose, and it's full-bodied, with a great mid-palate, ripe yet building tannins, and a great finish. It's going to need time to integrate its oak, but the purity of fruit, quality of the tannins, and balance are all spot on. Tasted twice with consistent notes.

Vinous

92-94 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/27/2021

The 2020 Saint-Pierre has a distinctly Pauillac-like nose with veins of graphite and mint infusing the black fruit, focused and full of tension. This is very classy. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins that belie the structure underneath. It has good grip, and comes across quite strict and correct. If I am to quibble, and quibble I will, it maybe doesn’t finish with the fireworks that I have noticed on other recent superlative vintages. Perhaps that might develop in barrel. If so, it will warrant a higher score.

Decanter.com

94 / 100

byJane Ansonthe5/25/2021

This is excellent, really the most gorgeous balance of power, with dark blueberry juicy fruits and lots of liquorice. Excellent balance and a seductive overall frame. Great stuff - the tannins are pretty fierce though, needs time, will reward ageing.

The Wine Cellar Insider

93-95 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/21/2021

Seductive, with loads of ripe, dark, fresh, polished, earthy, black currants, cedar, toasty oak, licorice and spice. The wine is soft, polished, fresh and focused, leaving you with layers of deep ripe fruits, a touch of coffee bean, cocoa and currants. This should age and evolve for 25 years or more. 93-95

Wine Advocate

94-96 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/20/2021

Deep purple-black in color, the 2020 Saint-Pierre bursts with baked blackberries, stewed plums and cassis, followed by hints of dried mint, chocolate box and tapenade with a waft of pencil lead. The medium-bodied palate is elegantly styled with impressive freshness and ripe, fine-grained tannins supporting the energetic black fruits, finishing on a lingering fragrant earth note. The blend is 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc, aging for around 14 months in French oak barrels, 50% new. The alcohol is 13.3%.

Bernard Burtschy

95-96 / 100

byBernard Burtschythe5/10/2021

Falstaff

92-94 / 100

the5/10/2021

Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Feine Edelholznuancen, schwarze Beerenfrucht nach Cassis und Brombeeren, etwas Nougat unterlegt. Stoffig, reife dunkle Frucht, feine Süße, reife Tannine, mineralisch unterlegt, bleibt gut haften, vielversprechendes Entwicklungspotenzial