Chateau Berliquet Grand Cru Classe 2025

Colin Hay om: Chateau Berliquet Grand Cru Classe

(Saint-Émilion; 61% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 42 hl/ha; pH 3.44; 14% ABV; tasted a number of times, the last time, of course, at Canon itself with Nicolas Audebert). I love the purity of the cassis and blueberry aromatics, and that trace of violet with a little peony that I recognise as the signature of this glorious terroir – plateau and côteau together. There are freshly crushed peppercorns – both rose and green – with the natural freshness and aromatic interest that implies. A staggeringly beautiful wine, ample and intensely succulent, with perhaps less layering and density than Canon but the same quality of tannin management, and the same precision, finesse and sheer sensitivity to terroir. I love the little note of clove that reinforces the delicate florality in a way. As ever, something of a coup de coeur for me. Definitely the best ever from here, with both density and energy, and a delightful signature of powdery limestone tannin. 96-98