2020 | Château Saint-Pierre | Saint-Julien

Description

Red Wine: 2020 | Château Saint-Pierre | Saint-Julien

A strong, violet-purple color in appearance. Aromas of black fruits, blackcurrants and blackberries with delicate secondary notes of licorice, cashew, and spices.

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Producer: Château Saint-Pierre

Ratings: WA | 96JS | 96

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.3%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Saint-Julien

A strong, violet-purple color in appearance. Aromas of black fruits, blackcurrants and blackberries with delicate secondary notes of licorice, cashew, and spices.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Deep purple-black in color, the 2020 Saint-Pierre bursts with baked blackberries, stewed plums and cassis, followed by hints of dried mint, chocolate box and tapenade with a waft of pencil lead. The medium-bodied palate is elegantly styled with impressive freshness and ripe, fine-grained tannins supporting the energetic black fruits, finishing on a lingering fragrant earth note. The blend is 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc, aging for around 14 months in French oak barrels, 50% new. The alcohol is 13.3%.

• James Suckling: A firm, very structured wine from here, with intense tannins that are very polished and long. Pure fruit. One of the best in a long time.

Producer Information

Château Saint-Pierre is a wine estate in the Saint-Julien appellation in Bordeaux’s northern Médoc wine region, on the so-called Left Bank of the Gironde estuary. The estate is was classified as a Fourth Growth in the 1855 classification of the Médoc and Graves. The wine of the estate is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon in-line with the cuvées of other Left Bank producers. The estate is named for Baron de Saint-Pierre, who owned the château in the late 18th Century, and built the reputation that would earn it the status of a classed growth. Archives in the region, however, date the establishment of the estate even earlier as a farm property under the name Serançon, with vineyards planted at least by 1693. During the 19th Century, the estate was divided in two, becoming Château Saint-Pierre-Bontemps and Château Saint-Pierre-Sevaistre. New ownership brought the two back together as Château Saint-Pierre, but several key parcels of the vineyards had been sold. One of the buyers was producer Henri Martin, who incorporated the bought vine parcels into his own Saint-Julien estate, Château Gloria. Martin eventually bought the entire Saint-Pierre estate in 1982, and it remains one of several Bordeaux wineries owned by Domaines Henri Martin. The modern vineyard covers 17 hectares (42 acres) planted to 75 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 15 percent Merlot and 10 percent Cabernet Franc. Once harvested, the grapes are actually vinified in the cellars of Château Gloria. The wine spends 14-16 months in barrels depending on the vintage, of which roughly half is new French oak.