2022 Les Tourelles de Longueville, Pauillac, Bordeaux
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Merlot (65%), Cabernet Sauvignon (26%), Cabernet Franc (9%)
- Jancis Robinson MW
- 16+/20
- Jane Anson
- 88/100
- William Kelley
- 89-91/100
- Neal Martin
- 90-92/100
- Jeb Dunnuck
- 91-93/100
- James Suckling
- 92-93/100
- Antonio Galloni
- 92-94/100
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Description
It is worth noting that is no longer a second wine of Ch. Pichon Baron, but principally comes from the Sainte Anne plot of sandy clay soil planted to Merlot. This is smartly clean and fruity, with an appealing juicy edge and no sense at all of toughness or angularity. It is without pretence, but equally there is a note of class about it.
Merlot 65%; Cabernet Sauvignon 26%; Cabernet Franc 9%
Drink 2026 - 2035
Berry Bros. & Rudd (April 2023)
Critics reviews
65% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc. Cask sample. Ripe and rich but with adequate freshness. Red-fruit notes with a hint of vanilla oak. Fine tannic frame. Juicy and clean on the finish. Appetising. 14.5%.
Drink 2027 – 2035
Classic blend for Tourelles with dominant Merlot from the western side of Pauillac, this is ruby red, not as intensely inky as some. Fiercely structured and spiced tannins at first, softens to show plush and vibrant raspberry fruits, with tobacco leaf and clove. 30% new oak. First full year with Pierre Montegnut as technical director, plus first year with new tanks, and sorting facilities, including the ability for cold maceration for every plot.
Drink 2028 - 2040
The 2022 Les Tourelles de Longueville is a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and charming Merlot-dominant blend evocative of dark berries, plums and pencil shavings. This succulent, charming second wine will drink well on release.
The 2022 Les Tourelles de Longueville is matured in 70% one-year-old barrels and the rest new. There is real quality on the nose here, well defined with blackberry and briary, touches of graphite. Very focused. The palate is medium-bodied, very elegant and tensile in style with plenty of salinity on the finish. A superb Deuxième Vin.
Drink 2026 - 2038
The Merlot-dominated 2022 Les Tourelles De Longueville 65% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc) is soft and up-front, with medium to full-bodied aromas and flavors of plums, ripe blue fruits, violets, and graphite. Seamless, elegant, and balanced, it has an approachable style yet should have 15+ years of prime drinking.
Blackcurrants with ink and lead pencil. Graphite. Medium-bodied with firm tannins and a fresh and bright finish. 65% merlot, 26% cabernet sauvignon and 9% cabernet franc.
The 2022 Tourelles de Longueville is shaping up to be a gem. Dark cherry, plum, licorice, spice and tobacco open nicely in the glass. I especially like the way the 2022 builds, gaining depth and intensity through the mid-palate and into the finish. Medium in body and radiant, with terrific depth, the 2022 is so expressive today.
Drink 2025 - 2034
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