Meyney 2014

St Estephe, Cru bourgeois

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Tasting Notes

The 2014 Meyney is a real turn up for the books. It has a very intense, detailed bouquet with pure blackberry, raspberry, crushed stone and dried violet aromas, gaining vivacity with almost each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, grippy and dense and yet not overpowering. The oak is very well assimilated although it clams up towards the finish. It is a wine that will require a decade in bottle but there is huge potential here. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

Score: 93

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2020-2040 01 March 2018

When I tasted the 2014 Meyney from barrel, I described it as a little gem. Now in bottle, is it still glistening as brightly? Well, it has a delightful, well-defined bouquet of blackberry, cedar and pencil box that is your typical Saint Estèphe. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin on the entry, good weight in the mouth and that Pauillac-like graphite tincture on the finish extant. There is a touch of chewiness here, some rough edges that will need to be abraded by bottle age, but there remains good potential.

Score: 90

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2020-2035 31 March 2017

The Château Meyney 2014 is a little gem. The nose is classic Saint Estèphe with blackberry and raspberry fruit, fine delineation and poise, a sense of mineralité that will hopefully be manifested in bottle. The palate is fresh on the entry with slightly chalky tannin, decent weight in the mouth with a graphite finish that is as much Pauillac as Saint Estèphe. Excellent.

Score: 89 - 91

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2018-2032 01 April 2015

This is one of the most immediately appealing 2014s from the appellation thanks to its very ripe black fruits, and there’s still a lot of structure behind it. Reminds me of some of Meyney’s top vintages of the 1960s. Drink or hold.

Score: 92

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 13 February 2017

Full body, dense and silky with a beautiful dark currant and berry character. Long and silky. Very fine. Best Meyney in years!

Score: 92 - 93

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 23 March 2015

Situated close to Chateau Montrose and Phelan Segur, Meyney has always been solid St Estephe. 2014 is the first full vintage under the consulting eye of Hubert de Bouard of Chateau Angelus, bringing richer fruit and a touch of glamour to Meyney. Ripe and beefy with rich black fruit and liquorice concentration. Quite a bit of grip giving it balance and serious structure but still smooth and reined in.

Score: 90 - 92

Albany Vintners, - 01 April 2015

Ripe and languid in feel, with flattering plum, blackberry and black currant fruit, layered with a toasty ganache edge. Need to tighten up a bit, as the fruit is a touch gushy now despite the weight. Reveals some good acidity buried on the finish, however, so worth the gamble.

Score: 88 - 91

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 01 April 2015

A deep, powerful wine, the 2014 Meyney shows the more virile, imposing side of the vintage. Black cherries, plums, game, smoke, tobacco and menthol are all supported by a spine of firm tannin that gives the wine its imposing structure. This fruit did not come in until October 30, very late, even by the standards of the year. The style is decidedly virile, with more than enough pure depth and underlying structure to develop beautifully in bottle for many years. Consulting Winemaker Hubert de Boüard is doing terrific work at Meyney.

Score: 90 - 93

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 01 April 2015