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Franc Mayne 2022

St Emilion, Grand Cru Classé

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Tasting Notes

Fleshy blackberry and raspberry fruit, plenty of spice and good tannic grip, touch of smoked caramel and a wave of nuanced floral aromatics. Actually pretty unusual in classified St Emilion today to have a 100% Merlot wine, making this something of a rarity. Located on the limestone plateau and clay-limestone slopes, 37l/h yield, organic farming owned by Thomas Savare and family.

Score: 92 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2040 Date: 06 March 2025

The 2022 Franc-Mayne has turned out beautifully, bursting with aromas of sweet raspberries and blueberries mingled with espresso roast, spices, rose petals and violets. Medium to full-bodied, suave and seamless, it's lively and textural, with sweet tannins and a long, perfumed finish.

Score: 94 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025 - 2045 Date: 06 March 2025

Superb as the 2020 was, the 2022 Franc-Mayne appears to represent still another step up in quality for this seven-hectare clay-limestone terroir. Offering up aromas of dark berries, plums, raw cocoa, violets and bay leaf, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and fleshy, with a pure and vibrant core of fruit, supple tannins and a long, mouthwatering finish. The label marks this estate's first year of organic certification.

Score: 93 - 95 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 28 April 2023

The 2022 Château Franc Mayne is based on 100% Merlot that was raised in 50% new barrels. Spicy black cherries, underbrush, leather, and violet/incense-like notes all define the aromatics, and it's a medium to full-bodied, nicely balanced, concentrated Saint-Emilion that will benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and keep for 15+ years in cold cellars. I love its complexity, and it develops a terrific sense of minerality with time in the glass.

Score: 94 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Maturity: 2030 - 2045 Date: 27 February 2025

Beautiful aromatics of red, blue, and black fruits, as well as tobacco and leafy herbs, emerge from the 2022 Château Franc Mayne, a youthful, unevolved, yet pure, concentrated 100% Merlot barrel sample. The tannins here are ripe and nicely integrated, and it has plenty of mid-palate depth as well as outstanding length, all pointing to this being a brilliant wine in the vintage. Tasted twice.

Score: 92 - 94 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 10 May 2023

The 2022 Franc Mayne has a winsome bouquet with blackberry, raspberry and light rose petal scents. It's well defined with neatly integrated oak. The palate is fresh on the entry, with crisp tannins and a touch of graphite infusing the black fruit tones with a clean and precise finish. There's good sapidity here. This is definitely worth seeking out.

Score: 93 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2030-2045 Date: 12 February 2025

The 2022 Franc Mayne is beautiful but also very young. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2022 is a big, dense wine. A blast of dark red-toned fruit, new leather, spice, menthol, licorice and dried herbs fills out the layers. Beautifully long and persistent, Franc Mayne has a lot to offer. This sensual style will provide rewarding drinking for the next several decades.

Score: 94 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2028-2047 Date: 28 January 2025

Aromas of blackberries and dark cherries with some fresh herbs such as basil follow through to a full body with silky and slightly chewy tannins and a juicy finish. Fine tannin texture at the end. A structured young Bordeaux. Made from organically grown grapes. Drink after 2028.

Score: 94 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 07 January 2025

A fresh and bright pure merlot with velvety tannins. Always in place. Some salt and chalk, too. Medium to full body. Made from organically grown grapes.

Score: 93 - 94 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 07 April 2023