2018 Saint-Emilion satellites in bottle

 Saint-Emilion satellites

Montagne Saint-Emilion

2018 Clos de Boüard

Ruby. Blackberries, blueberries, vanilla, spices, truffles, rich and intense, yet subdued minerals nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries lots of texture and structured, and spices, intense and rich, long finish. 92

2018 Dame de Boüard

Ruby. Blackberries, blueberries, light scented high note, minerals beneath on the nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, blackberries, structured, blueberries, long. 90

2018 Reclos de la Couronne

Ruby. Liquorice, anise, spices, jammy and high alcohol nose. Jammy, flat, boiled fruit, unbalanced alcohol. 84

2018 Château Faizeau

Ruby. Vanilla, dark fruits, alcohol and chocolate nose. Medium acidity, rounded, fruit driven, high alcohol, lacks lift. 86

2018 Château Tour Bayard L’angelot

Ruby. Blueberries, anise, lighter faintly floral nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, good length. High alcohol. 87

2018 Vieux Château Palon

Ruby. Blackberries, raspberries, some scented notes, faintly floral nose and vanilla. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, red berries, high alcohol, bit hollow. 87

St. Georges Saint-Emilion

2018 Château St. Georges

Ruby. Blackberries, dark fruits, light vanilla and faintly scented nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, blackberries and spices, some coffee, good length. 89

Puisseguin Saint-Emilion

2018 Château Bernon Bécot

Ruby. Blackberries, some alcohol, vanilla and coffee nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise and spices, good length. 88

2018 Château Clarisse Cuvée VV

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, spices, alcohol high notes nose, bit flat. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, coffee and chocolate, good length. 87

2018 Château Guibot

Ruby. Vanilla, wood, wood spices and burnt wood nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, again wood all over the place, so much wood it may actually burn in the fireplace. 80

2018 Château des Laurets

80M 20CF Ruby, blackberries, some boiled fruits and vanilla nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, a bit rustic, dark fruits, anise, spices, good length. 88

2018 Château des Laurets Baron Selection Parcellaire

100M Ruby. Blackberries, anise, spices, fruit driven nose, detailed. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, detailed, long finish. High alcohol. (14,5) 91

2018 Château Roc de Bécot

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, fruit driven nose, some spices. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, some spices, liquorice, good length. 89

2018 Château La Vaisinerie

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, some spices, liquorice nose, dark fruits. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, spices, liquorice, good length. Bitter finish.  87

Graves de Vayres

2018 Château du Petit Puch

Ruby. Blackberries, chocolate, lifted red fruits nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, liquorice, rich stuff, good length. 87

Lussac Saint-Emilion

2018 Château Barbe Blanche

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, fruit driven, some vanilla notes nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, rich, dense and spicy, alcohol. 

2018 Château du Courlat

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, dark fruits nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, some herbs, leaner finish. High alcohol. 86

2018 Château La Grande Clotte

Ruby. Blackberries, blueberries, spices, fruit driven nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruit driven, anise, blueberries, good length. 88

2018 Château La Grande Clotte l’Enualée

Ruby. Blueberries, anise, spices, fruit nose, lighter. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruit driven, bit high alcohol, good length. 87

2018 Château La Rose Perrière

Ruby. Alcohol, jammy dark fruity nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, jammy and alcoholic. 84