Appellations

Monbousquet 2022

St Emilion, Grand Cru Classé

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Tasting Notes

Intense and tannic, crushed rocks, flint, gunsmoke, concentrated berry fruits with chocolate slabs, powerful, intense. Good quality, but be aware this is pumped and opulent.

Score: 89 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2027-2036 Date: 06 March 2025

The 2022 Monbousquet retains the opulence on the nose that was conspicuous out of barrel with precocious black cherry and blueberry scents. It's seductive, though not necessarily complex. The palate is medium-bodied with a candied, licorice-tinged note and wood tannins on the hard finish. My main gripe is that it feels Californian in style, just missing some typicité.

Score: 88 Neal Martin, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2026-2040 Date: 12 February 2025

The 2022 Monbousquet is sumptuous and exotic in the glass. Soft, plush contours lend notable immediacy. Blueberry jam, mocha, spice, new leather and licorice caress the palate as this open-knit, inviting Saint-Émilion shows off its considerable allure.

Score: 93 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2027-2037 Date: 28 January 2025

From tiny yields due to the frost, the 2022 Château Monbousquet is based on 70% Merlot and 15% Each of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. This ripe, medium to full-bodied, voluptuously styled beauty offers classic richness in its cassis and black cherry fruits as well as notes of chocolate, espresso, and leafy herbs. Beautifully balanced and concentrated, with velvety tannins, it's shockingly good.

Score: 92 - 95 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 05 October 2023

A rich wine with lots of tannins that are very fine and velvety, with deep fruit. Full and flavorful. Slightly salty and irony. Remains fresh and minerally. Some white pepper. Lead pencil.

Score: 93 - 94 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 04 April 2023