Sansonnet (750ML)
From Saint-Emilion
| Vintage: | 2023 |
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| Description: | 93-94 JS / 92-94 Jd / 92-94 Vm / 93 Ja / 91-93+ Wi / 92 De. A juicy and fruity red with blackberry and currant aromas and crunchy flavors on a medium body. Refined for the vintage. - James Suckling. Cassis, darker blackberries, spicy wood, and an undeniable sense of minerality all emerge from the 2023 Château Sansonnet, a medium to full-bodied 2023 that has terrific purity and elegance, as well as ample fruit and texture. It shines on all accounts and is unquestionably another beautiful wine from this team that has tons to love. The 2023 is 87% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon from a single parcel on the upper, limestone plateau that will spend 16 months in 70% new barrels, 22% in foudre, and 8% in amphora. - Jeb Dunnuck. A rich, potent wine, the 2023 Sansonnet is packed with blackberry, spice, leather, licorice, menthol and chocolate. Readers will find an ample, sumptuous Saint-Émilion built on textural resonance and pure power, buffered by the high acids that are so typical of this site. Tasted three times. -- Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media. Vibrant ruby plum, rich in texture, as are all of these St Emilion Grand Crus Classés in in the vintage, with a swirl of black chocolate and capsicum, highly charged, plenty of impact, good lift through the palate, flash of heat. Great quality, skilful winemaking, one to admire but not sink into. A brilliant location, this has the potential for a far greater score, 70% new oak for ageing. - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux. The 2023 Sansonnet is deep garnet-purple in color. Plum preserves, red currant jelly, and mulberries scents pop from the glass with underlying charcoal and black olives hints. Medium-bodied, the palate is firm and grainy with a lively line and great length. The blend is 87% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. - Lisa Perotti-Brown, Wine Independent. A rich, potent wine, the 2023 Sansonnet is packed with blackberry, spice, leather, licorice, menthol and chocolate. Readers will find an ample, sumptuous Saint-Émilion built on textural resonance and pure power, buffered by the high acids that are so typical of this site. Tasted three times. -- Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media. Aromas of dark plum and vanilla toast denote the 70% new oak ageing, which comes to the fore on the palate. I appreciate the evident depth and power in this wine, along with red and dark ripe fruit, the style is too oak-ridden for its own good, blocking a purer expression of the magnificent limestone and clay terroir at this estate. Let's see after barrel ageing to be sure, but for now a score marked more by respect for the care taken to craft this wine, made from grapes harvested between 20 September and 3 October. - Panos Kakaviatos, Decanter |
| Price: | $ 39.29 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Grand Vin Wine Merchants
| Address: |
1003 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98506 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 360-350-4896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on May 23, 2024.
