Chateau Branaire-Ducru St. Julien 4. Cru Classé 2021 i trækasse

"Sleek, elegant and nuanced." - Antonio Galloni

Anmeldelser af Chateau Branaire-Ducru St. Julien 4. Cru Classé 2021

94-95/100 James Suckling
"A very pretty wine, showing blackberry and blackcurrant aromas with crushed stone. Medium to full body with layers of fine-grained tannins. Bright and refined. Lots of dark fruit at the end. Solid weight."

93-95/100 Vinous - Antonio Galloni
"The 2021 Branaire-Ducru is sleek, elegant and nuanced. There is more Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc in the blend than in the 2018-2020 period, when the Merlots were especially successful. As a result, the aromatics are absolutely alluring, but the wine is much less forthcoming on the palate. At 12.9% alcohol, the 2021 is a classically austere Branaire that looks like it will need quite a bit of time to blossom. It is undoubtedly a very pretty wine, even if not fully expressive at this stage. Dark cherry, plum, chocolate, leather and rose petal linger. Tasted three times."

93-95/100 Anthocyanes, Y. Castaing

93-94/100 Robert Parker
"Having tasted the 2021 Branaire-Ducru six times over the course of a month and a half, I feel confident in saying that it is a beautiful wine that numbers among the vintage's real successes. Offering up aromas of raspberry coulis and red cherries mingled with notions of rose petals, cigar box and spices, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless, with a layered core of fruit, lively acids and beautifully powdery tannins. Why is it quite so good? It isn't because a lot of wine was declassified, as around 60% of the estate's production went into the grand vin this year—a touch more than average. Rather, the key factors seem to be waiting to pick despite an alarming weather forecast; the blend itself, which emphasizes ripe Cabernet and the estate's later-ripening Merlot on clay-limestone soils; and the fact that a partially completed new winery means that Branaire already had fully 63 fermentation vats at its disposal to pick and vinify parcel by parcel. The exact composition is 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. (93 - 94)"

93-94/100 Andrew Caillard, Master of Wine
"Medium-deep crimson. Very fresh inky chinotto black cherry aromas with cedar herb notes. Inky chinotto black cherry, hint elderberry fruits, fine chalky tannins and underlying vanilla toasty, malt notes. Cedar firm finish with juicy fresh acidity. 66% cabernet sauvignon, 22% merlot, 5.5% petit verdot, 6.5% cabernet franc. 16–20 months in up to 60% new French oak. 13% alc"

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92-94/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"Flowers and black raspberries with black and red currants open the wine in the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, fresh, sweet, juicy and pure. Classic in style, this is going to be approchable early, so you will be able to enjoy all the ripe, elegant, cherries, plums and peppery currants without a long wait. Yet, the wine will age for 2 decades ore more easily. The wine is a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 6.5% Cabernet Franc and 5.5% Petit Verdot, 13% ABV, 3.68 pH. The harvest took place September 24, finishing October 14. The yields were low at 32 hectoliters per hectare and from there, roughly 60% of the harvest was placed into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2024-2050."

92-94/100 Alexandre Ma
"The high acidity of Branaire-Ducru 2021 impresses me a great deal. Such a lively and refreshing image is consistent with its authentic purity and elegance. Although the crispy acidity strengthens the tannins on the finish, it still maintains a balancing taste after all. To its credit, the polyphenols of Branaire-Ducru are ripe enough this year, presenting some fine and mellow textures on the palate. If it can be more complex on the finish, it would present a completely different image."