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2021 Château Puyblanquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (75%), Cabernet Franc (25%)
Not ready (Drink 2026 - 2043)
Neal Martin
89/100
Georgie Hindle
90/100
James Suckling
92/100
Product: 20218220668

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2021 Château Puyblanquet, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Merlot 75%, Cabernet Franc 25%.

This very well-sited property was owned by the Malet Roquefort family of La Gaffelière until 1959; they had to sell in the downturn following the disastrous 1956 frost. But they had the opportunity to buy it back in 2020. The property sits along the limestone ridge that also houses Laroque, Pressac and Valandraud. Alexandre de Malet Roquefort could wait until well into October to complete the harvest. This nicely composed wine is fresh, with an appealing nose strongly around primary red fruits with an accent of spiced, macerated fruit.

Our score: 16.5/20

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Not ready (2026 - 2043)
Grape List Merlot (75%), Cabernet Franc (25%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Puyblanquet

Critics reviews

Neal Martin 89/100

The 2021 Puyblanquet has a high-toned, floral bouquet, with violet petals infusing the red berry fruit and hints of mandarin in the background. The palate is medium-bodied, with a pleasant sappiness on the entry, fine acidity, and a minerally finish that lingers in the mouth. This is a solid effort in a tricky growing season.

Drink 2026 - 2040
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Feb 2024)
Georgie Hindle 90/100

Oaky and savoury on the nose, this wine is softly fleshy, clean, and mineral at the same time. A mixture of ripe and perhaps just-ripe fruit gives this a sense of purity, linearity, fruit concentration, and weight. It needs some more time to harmonise, but I like the cool blue fruit touches and hints of flint at the end. It has a nice ageing potential.

Drink 2024 - 2037
Georgie Hindle, Decanter.com (Dec 2023)
James Suckling 92/100

On the nose, there are currants, sliced chilis, dried flowers, and orange peel. The wine is creamy and nicely integrated, with a medium body and fine, medium-firm tannins. It's silky and pretty.

Try from 2024
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Dec 2023)

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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