Chateau Puech-Haut Prestige Rouge 2020

David Lawrason

This has impressive aromatic and flavour intensity, set in a suave, very complete style. Expect lifted, almost luxurious, creamy aromas of blueberry/blackberry compote swaddled in oak vanilla, spice and licorice. It is medium-full bodied, open-knit, smooth and very generous with considerable warmth (14.5%) and fine tannin. The length is excellent to outstanding. Tasted Sept 2022

Robert Parker

Easily one of the top estates in the Languedoc (if not southern France) … their entry level efforts representing superb values, and their top cuvees being able to stand toe to toe with the greatest wines in the world.

Mad og Monopolet

Stilen er klassisk, når det kommer til Languedoc, men alligevel rummer den mere end “blot” tradition. Næsen er fyldt med tætpakket duft af brombær, solbær, vanilje, lakrids, peber og læder. I munden er den rund, og frugten fremstår poleret og smooth - den er utrolig nem at drikke, og balancen skabes af de blide, lækre tanniner, du fornemmer som afslutning.

John Szabo, Master Sommelier

Puech-Haut's classic "Prestige" Languedoc red is a blend of grenache and syrah from clay-limestone and stony (galets) soils, aged in old barrels for about a year. It's clearly ambitious and premium wine, as Puech Haut has been aiming at for many years, dense and deeply coloured, evidently concentrated, ripe and classy on the nose, featuring red currant liqueur and blackberry compote alongside savoury wild herbs and licorice. The palate is broad and well-structured, with abundant tannins that have yet to fully resolve. Concentration is high, as is alcohol (14.5% declared), expressing the warmth of the region and the vintage. I'd cellar another 2-3 years minimum to see this come together - it's a solidly built, full-bodied, dense, superior wine, not just ripe, easily achievable in the region, but also polished and balanced. Tasted twice in July and September 2022..

Jeb Dunnuck

Leading off the reds and a blend of 60% Syrah, 30% Grenache, and the rest Carignan, the 2020 Languedoc Prestige is brought up all in concrete. It reveals a deep purple color as well as a complex nose of mulled red and black fruits, ground pepper, garrigue, and new saddle leather. Beautifully pure, medium to full-bodied, with silky tannins, it's perfectly balanced and an incredible representation of the terroir in the region. Some vintages require a touch of bottle age, but this is already showing brilliantly and should evolve for 7-8 years in cold cellars

Houlberg

Fadet træder fint frem allerede fra start … blød, rund og har godt med kanel, vanilje, lakrids, garvet læder, kaffebønner, kakao, godt med krydderurter, peber og en mørk frugt af solbær, brombær og blommer. Smagen er meget behagelig … har masser af mørk frugt med solbær, blommer og lidt mere bitre tranebær, hvilket giver kant som Rhône vinene også tit har. Syren er ikke så voldsom, men mere slank. Tynd og alligevel har vinen en god koncentration og lækker smooth smag, velkomponeret med denne lidt pebrede eftersmag. 92 point. Forhandles af Supervin, hvor en flaske koster 199,95 kr., mens prisen er 129,95 kr. ved køb af 6 flasker

Michael Godel

Showing really well though the peppery edginess is yet to subside so it would seem that six more months will do well to bring the Prestige close to its intended fruition. Can really see this staying the course and the groove well into its sixth or seventh season. Last tasted September 2022

Vivino