2021 Chateau Le Prieure, St Emilion Grand Cru Classe
The 2021 Le Prieuré has as well-defined bouquet with lifted, quite floral red berry fruit mixed with subtle loamy scents. The palate is well-defined with finely chiselled tannins, taut and fresh with a sensual finish. Not a powerful Saint-Émilion, yet this continues this estates strong run of form.
2021 Chateau Le Prieure, St Emilion Grand Cru Classe
The 2021 Le Prieuré has as well-defined bouquet with lifted, quite floral red berry fruit mixed with subtle loamy scents. The palate is well-defined with finely chiselled tannins, taut and fresh with a sensual finish. Not a powerful Saint-Émilion, yet this continues this estates strong run of form.
| Producer | Chateau Le Prieure |
|---|---|
| Sub-Region | St. Emilion |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Country | France |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Colour | Red |
| ABV | 13.50% |
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Inside Bordeaux
This goes long on powerful sappy fruits that smack of austerity and yet manage to turn moreish with salty-cracker salinity by the close of play. A big tannic frame, needs to soften further over ageing. 16.1hl/h yield, tasted twice. Vincent Millet director, Penelope Godefroy winemaker, Jean-Claude Berrouet consultant.
89 Points / Drinking 2024 - 2034
By Jane Anson / May 2022
Inside Bordeaux
Medim intensity ruby red. This has settled in well over ageing, full of the sappy finessed fruits of the vintage, with real charm and balance, and the austerity of En Primeur has begun to soften. A single point upscore. 16.1hl/h yield, Vincent Millet director, Penelope Godefroy winemaker, Jean-Claude Berrouet consultant.
90 Points / Drinking 2024 - 2034
By Jane Anson / March 2024
Vinous
The 2021 Le Prieuré is a pretty wine, but in this vintage it comes across as a bit lithe and lacking in depth. Sweet floral and spice accents lead into a core of bright, delineated fruit. Le Prieuré has been top-notch in recent years, but the 2021 is a bit underwhelming.
90-92 Points / Drinking 2028 - 2036
By Antonio Galloni / May 2022
Vinous
The 2021 Le Prieuré has a fleshy and open bouquet with smudged red berry fruit, orange pith and potpourri scents, the latter becoming more prominent with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a citric entry, linear and lightly spiced. It just does not quite muster the complexity on the finish I was anticipating from barrel, ending up a rather conservative Saint-Émilion, though one that is balanced with a fresh, peppery finish.
90 Points / Drinking 2026 - 2040
By Neal Martin / February 2024