Chateau Villemaurine Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé 2019 i trækasse

“96 points.” – Tastingbook.com

”95 points. Great balance. Long, delicious finish.” – James Suckling

Ikke langt fra Saint-Émilion by finder vi Château Villemaurine, hvis navn rækker langt tilbage i historiebøgerne. I det 7. århundrede slog en gruppe invaderende soldater sig ned på det sted, hvor slottet i dag ligger. De kaldte lejren for ”Ville Maure”, hvilket betyder ”den mauriske by”, og gav sidenhen inspiration til slottets navn.  

Cru Classé-slottet råder over 11 hektar vinmaker, der har et fantastisk ler- og kalkstens terroir, hvorfra de dyrker Merlot og Cabernet Franc. Sidstnævnte druesort bliver mere og mere anvendt for at give vinene et mere frisk og urtet udtryk. 

Den belgiske Onclin-familie har gennem de sidste 20 år været med til at bringe slottet op på et imponerende højt niveau. Slottet blev for nyligt solgt i 2021 til Lefevere familien, der allerede ejer adskillige St. Emilion Grand Cru-ejendomme.

Fyldig og kompleks Saint-Émilion med fornem fadkrydring fra 16 måneder på 80 % nye egetræsfade.    

Anmeldelser af Château Villemaurine Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2019

96/100 Tastingbook.com

95/100 James Suckling
“A perfumed nose of blackberries, blackcurrants, chocolate, undergrowth, sandalwood, sage and spice box. Pure fruit. Medium-to full-bodied with fine-grained, well-integrated tannins and fresh acidity. Plush texture with great balance. Long, delicious finish.”

95/100 Decanter
“Ripe and sweet fruit aromas - smells rich and full of fruit. Great texture here and general drive of sweet dense fruit from start to finish. I love the precision and the boldness of this, it's powerful no doubt, rich and ripe but presented in quite a linear, well defined way right now. Confident and quite showy, great fruit profile - cherries and blackcurrants with velvety tannins that provide soft grip and good support. Bold but charming in a look at me kind of way. A very enjoyable glass of wine - hold on to.”

94/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
“Quite floral in nature with nuances of licorice, espresso, chocolate, black cherries and plum. The wine is rich, lush, polished and fresh, with a sensuous, velvety texture that carries through to the end note.”

94/100 Neal Martin, Vinous
“The 2019 Villemaurine, which was the final vintage under Justin Onclin, has a well-defined, focused bouquet of red berry fruit, touches of sous bois and that marine scent that I noticed from the barrel sample. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins. There is a veneer of new oak that needs to be subsumed, but this has a lovely plushness and sensuality toward the finish. Needs time, but it will be worth the wait.”

94/100 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

94/100 Alexandre Ma

93/100 Jeb Dunnuck
“Offering up notes of spicy oak, chocolate, leafy herbs, and Hermitage-like burning ember nuances, the 2019 Château Villemaurine is medium to full-bodied, has terrific red, blue, and black fruits, building tannins, and a great finish. I like its overall balance, it has solid complexity even at this young age, and it’s unquestionably an outstanding Saint-Emilion. As with most 2019s, short-term cellaring (or a healthy decant) is the name of the game, and it's going to have at least two decades of longevity.”

93/100 Falstaff
“Dark ruby garnet, violet reflections, delicate ocher rim lightening. Fine nuances of fresh plums, delicately floral, wild berries, some nougat, rather reserved bouquet. Juicy, of heart cherries, subtle fruit sweetness, ripe, well-supporting tannins, mineral-salty on the finish, lingers, very good balance, gastronomic style, drinkable when young, but will benefit from further aging in the bottle.”

92/100 Robert Parker
“Fleshy and generous, the 2019 Villemaurine wafts from the glass with aromas of sweet berry fruit, warm spices and creamy new oak. It's medium to full-bodied, rich and polished, with a ripe core of fruit, lively acids and fine, powdery tannins, concluding with a vanillin-inflected finish.”

92/100 Andreas Larsson, Tasted
“Pure and forward with crushed chalk, wild berries, modest oak and a digest medium bodied palate with both freshness and ripeness, supple tannin and fine length.”

Om Château Villemaurine Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé

Grand Vin: Château Villemaurine Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classé
2. Vin: Les Angelots de Villemaurine
Beliggenhed: Saint-Émilion
Beplantet areal: 11 ha 
Plantede druesorter: 75 % Merlot, 25 % Cabernet Franc
Fadmodning: 16 mdr. 80% ny barrique