Saint-Emilion

Château ANGELUS (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: fruity, with spiciness and complexity.

Palate: candied fruit, well-structured and round, powerful and elegant.

Score: 18

Château BALESTARD-LA-TONNELLE (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: lively, with a charming minerality and ripe fruit.

Palate: fine and elegant, with good-quality tannins and a fruity finish.

Score: 16

Château BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: powerful, rich and lively, with ripe fruit.

Palate: strong tannic structure, toasted, powerful and fresh on the finish.

Score: 15

Château BELAIR (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: elegant, ripe fruit, with a delicate woodiness.

Palate: harmonious and balanced, powerful, round, smoothly charming with a fine tannic density.

Score: 18

Château BERLIQUET (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: discreet with dominant wood character.

Palate: very tannic, somewhat aggressive, with a lightly dominant woodiness.

Score: 14

Château CANON (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: aromatic red fruit, raspberries.

Palate: balanced, fine-quality tannins, with a somewhat short and hard finish.

Score: 14

Château CANON-LA-GAFFELIERE (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: powerful, ripe fruit, sun-rich.

Palate: strong concentration of tannins and wood.

Score: 16

Château CAP DE MOURLIN (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: finesse, with toasty charcter; promising.

Palate: good length, but austere finish.

Score: 14

Château CHEVAL-BLANC (1er Grand Cru Classé A)

Nose: complex and rich, still showing its wood.

Palate: good balance, tight structure but coming together nicely, fine harmony, long finish, aromatic and delicious.

Score: 19,5

Château CLOS FOURTET (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: fruity, intense aromas, cocoa and complexity.

Palate: smooth, licorice, dense with a lot of silky, well-incorporated tannins.

Score: 17

Château DASSAULT (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: fresh with a dominant woodiness.

Palate: tight texture, balanced but hard tan nins on the finish.

Score: 14

Château FIGEAC (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: spicy, with a dominant toasty woodiness.

Palate: well-constructed, supple, with woodiness coming through again.

Score: 14

Château FRANC-MAYNE (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: discreet.

Palate: classic, ripe fruit, ripeness on the attack but somewhat unbalanced on the finish, a little lackluster.

Score: 13

Château GRAND-MAYNE (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: not very developed.

Palate: concentrated in style, rich and a little drying, lack of finesse.

Score: 13,5

Château LA COUSPAUDE (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: somewhat alcohol-rich, candied notes.

Palate: strong extraction, a little hard, lack of tenderness.

Score: 13,5

Château LA DOMINIQUE (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: closed, not very expressive.

Palate: round and supple, good fruit balance.

Score: 13,5

Château LA GAFFELIERE (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: closed or smoky.

Palate: pleasant on the attack, then rather straightforward, acceptably balanced.

Score: 14

Château LA TOUR FIGEAC (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: fruity, licorice notes.

Palate: a rich wine, balanced, supple, lack of finesse.

Score: 14

Château LARCIS-DUCASSE (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: floral and fresh.

Palate: a round and balanced wine, spicy and complex.

Score: 15

Château LARMANDE (1er Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: fruity, blackberry notes.

Palate: round, ripe.

Score: 13,5

Château PAVIE-MACQUIN (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: licorice aromas.

Palate: very concentrated, woody, extracted.

Score: 14

Château TROPLONG-MONDOT (Grand Cru Classé)

Nose: attractive nose, complete.

Palate: powerful, round and well-knit, excellent and elegant structure, spicy and complex.

Score: 16

Château TROTTEVIEILLE (1er Grand Cru Classé B)

Nose: fresh fruit.

Palate: balanced, dense with fruit, spicy, elegant and fruity.

Score: 14,5