Appellations

Barde Haut 2021

St Emilion, Grand Cru

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Tasting Notes

The 2021 Barde-Haut is laced with black cherry, plum, mocha, spice, new leather and tobacco. This soft, juicy Saint-Émilion is supple full of near- and medium-term appeal. It’s a fine effort from Hélène Garcin and Patrice Lévêque in this very challenging vintage.

Score: 92 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2026-2041 Date: 27 February 2024

The 2021 Barde Haut has a very composed bouquet with black cherries, blueberry and touches of melted tar—well-defined and focused. This has retained the elegance than I discerned out of barrel. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a peppery entry, fine acidity and good balance, showing modest concentration toward the briny finish. It tapers just a little shorter than anticipated but is still a well-crafted, classically styled Saint-Émilion.

Score: 92 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2027-2042 Date: 22 February 2024

This 17-hectare amphitheater of a vineyard has produced a successful 2021 Barde-Haut, offering up aromas of sweet berries, cherries and plums framed by a creamy patina of new oak. Medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, with tangy acids and a generous endowment of powdery structuring tannins, it's a blend of more or less 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc (the latter increasingly deriving from massale selections taken at Clos l'Eglise).

Score: 91 - 93 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 29 April 2022