Berliquet - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020

La Revue du Vin de France

92-94 / 100

le 07/06/2021

Le vin exprime sa minéralité avec élégance. Le profil est pointu, ciselé et racé, construit sur des parfums déroutants mais typiques de l’année : agrumes et iode. La vivacité finale est à son point d’orgue.

Le Figaro

94-97 / 100

le 02/06/2021

Un nez subtil et délicat de pollen de fleurs et de tisane. Verveine, fenouil, camomille… Tout est là. Une bouche dense et pleine, accueillante mais campée sur ses positions. Une acidité qui met l'eau à la bouche, et une véritable mâche, pour un parfait mélange de robustesse et de flamboyance.

Vinous

89-91 / 100

par Antonio Galloni le 01/06/2021

The 2020 Berliquet is the first wine that shows a real change in direction under its new ownership and the team headed by Nicolas Audebert. Bright and chiseled with energy this mid-weight Saint-Émilion is quite promising. Crushed red flowers, mint, sweet red berry fruit. There is still a bit of grittiness in the tannin, but this is a decidedly more finessed style than the wines of the recent past.

Jeb DUNNUCK

92-94 / 100

par Jeb Dunnuck le 28/05/2021

Notes of iron, toasty oak, violets, and ample red and blue fruits emerge from the 2020 Château Berliquet, a medium to full-bodied, gorgeously balanced and textured Saint-Emilion based on 69% Merlot and 31% Cabernet Franc. It has a solid kick of background oak, but the fruit is incredibly pure and it has a great mid-palate and outstanding length. Still aging in 50% new French oak, it should benefit from short-term cellaring and cruise for 15 years or more in cold cellars.

Vinous

88-90 / 100

par Neal Martin le 27/05/2021

The 2020 Berliquet has an open, quite generous bouquet of high-toned, quite floral aromas (iris and violet petals) mixed with Dorset plum, bilberry and wild strawberry. The palate is medium-bodied with a medicinal, menthol-tinged opening, ripe and again, generous. The candied finish just needs to show a little more restraint. Fine, but it will have to manifest more elegance and composure by the time of bottling. Perhaps it was unfair to pour this against the 2020 Canon, also owned by the Wertheimer family, but it highlighted the difference between their respective terroirs.

Decanter.com

93 / 100

par Jane Anson le 25/05/2021

A slightly cooler terroir than its sibling estate Château Canon, a little more clay-based which gives weight, depth and power while also being austere right now, with grippy tannins and a bite of blood orange. Great stuff, can start drinking this in five to six years to allow the structure to soften while keeping the appeal of the wild cherry and blackberry fruits. 50% new oak for 16 months.

Jeb DUNNUCK

92-94 / 100

par Jeb Dunnuck le 23/05/2021

Notes of iron, toasty oak, violets, and ample red and blue fruits emerge from the 2020 Château Berliquet, a medium to full-bodied, gorgeously balanced and textured Saint-Emilion based on 69% Merlot and 31% Cabernet Franc. It has a solid kick of background oak, but the fruit is incredibly pure and it has a great mid-palate and outstanding length. Still aging in 50% new French oak, it should benefit from short-term cellaring and cruise for 15 years or more in cold cellars.

The Wine Cellar Insider

94-96 / 100

par Jeff Leve le 21/05/2021

Quite floral in nature, with tinges of orange rind, cherry blossoms, licorice, red plum liqueur and minerality on the nose. The wine is elegant, fresh, polished, sweet and long. Silky and precise, with no hard edges, there is length and salty tannins with energetic, pure red fruits squeezed over crushed rocks and stones. This is the best vintage of Berliquet I have ever tasted. The wine blends 69 % Merlot with 31 % Cabernet Franc 14.5% ABV. 94-96

Wine Advocate

94-96 / 100

par Lisa Perrotti-Brown le 20/05/2021

The 2020 Berliquet is composed of 69% Merlot and 31% Cabernet Franc, weighing in at 14.5% alcohol. It is aging in French oak barrels, 50% new. Deep purple-black colored, it trots casually out of the glass with effortlessly flamboyant scents of stewed black cherries, warm plums and baked blackberries, plus hints of chocolate mint, violets and licorice with a touch of fertile loam. The medium to full-bodied palate is very tightly wound with layers of ripe black fruits and earthy accents, framed by finely grained tannins and tons of freshness, finishing long and fragrant.

Jamessuckling.com

95-96 / 100

par James Suckling le 12/05/2021

Very soft and polished with beautiful tannins that are poised and beautiful. It’s medium-to full-bodied and gorgeously proportioned. Ready for even more polishing.

Anthocyanes

94-96 / 100

par Yohan Castaing le 11/05/2021

Très beau nez légèrement mentholé, très fruits noirs avec une pointe de fleurs de printemps. À la fois éclatant et frais. Superbe bouche juteuse, de la fraicheur, des tanins laser-like comme aiment le dire nos amis anglais pour une bouche cristalline et très précise. Quelle montée en puissance de ce cru. La sensation calcaire est ici tout simplement magnifique. Bravo ! Un millésime de référence dans ce cru.

Falstaff

93-95 / 100

le 10/05/2021

Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Attraktive Herzkirschenfrucht, rote Waldbeeren unterlegt, zart nach Lakritze, feine Holuwürze, Orangenzesten. Saftig, frisch, Nuancen von Pflaumen und ein Hauch von Nougat, reife Tannine, frisch strukturiert, mineralisch und gut anhaftend, zeigt Länge und Potenzial.

My Bettane + Desseauve

93-94 / 100

par Bettane & Desseauve le 07/05/2021

Tastingbook.com

94 /

par Markus Del Monego le 20/04/2021

Dark purple colour with violet hue and black core. Well structured with ripe fruit, blackberries, plums and black cherries, mulberries in the background. Elegant balmy spiciness and hints of fine toasting aroma. On the palate very good mouthfeel, velvety tannins, freshness and ripe fruit, well balanced with very good length.