Talbot - Saint-Julien 2024

Decanter.com

92

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/21/2025

Bright and alive in the mouth, juicy, succulent and ripe with cool blue fruit elements too. Cherry and strawberries mix with chalky, wet stones. Round and forward, this has a sense of fun and persistence. Feels well worked with enough ripeness and balancing tannins. Great stuff here. Chewy, concentrated and just fun. Good first and second wine here in 2024.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

90

byJane Ansonthe5/7/2025

Finely constructed tannic frame, sappy, good clarity of autumnal berry fruit but lacking some punch. St Julien finesse in evidence, possible upscore in bottle. Yield just under 40hl/h, Nancy Bignon-Cordier owner. 60% new oak.

Jamessuckling.com

93-94

byJames Sucklingthe5/7/2025

Focused, dense and creamy with berries and chocolate on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with fine tannins. Chalky, with crunchy berries and a flavorful finish.

WeinWisser

92-93

byTjark Witzgallthe5/6/2025

The Drinks Business

91-93

byColin Haythe5/6/2025

(St Julien; 70% Cabernet Sauvignon; 25% Merlot; 5% Petit Verdot; 13% alcohol; tasted twice, first at the UGC press tasting at the Cité du Vin). Pretty aromatically, this is another St Julien that is very floral in this vintage. There’s a lovely earthiness to this too that gives this more of a sense of gravitas – somehow it grounds the wine, almost literally. I like very much the ‘Talbot’ nuttiness – blanched almonds and walnuts. It maybe lacks a little mid-palate delineation and definition in comparison to some of its august neighbours, but this is very fine. Strikingly juicy on the finish which is always a sign of quality – above all in 2024.