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2008 Château Talbot, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready, but will keep
Robert Parker
90/100
Robert Parker
90/100
Product: 20088011853
2008 Château Talbot, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Brimming with juicy red and black forest fruits yet with a savoury twist of graphite, Ch. Talbot once again shows its quality in 2008. Full bodied and flavoursome, this displays ripe, firm tannins and refreshingly crunchy fruit on the finish.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2008
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Talbot

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 90/100
The evolved, soft, silky 2008 Talbot is unquestionably a sleeper of the vintage, offering a dark plum/garnet color, loads of roasted herb, berry, black cherry, plum and Asian spice aromas intermixed with an attractive forest floor-like note. Already drinking well, this medium-bodied St.-Julien should continue to evolve for 10-15+ years.Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 02/05/2011
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (May 2011)
Robert Parker 90/100
The evolved, soft, silky 2008 Talbot is unquestionably a sleeper of the vintage, offering a dark plum/garnet color, loads of roasted herb, berry, black cherry, plum and Asian spice aromas intermixed with an attractive forest floor-like note. Already drinking well, this medium-bodied St.-Julien should continue to evolve for 10-15+ years. (robert_parker- Wine Advocate- May 2011) A forward, luscious wine that should turn out to be outstanding, Talbot's deep ruby/purple-colored 2008 offers plenty of roasted herb, berry fruit, coffee, and soil characteristics in its rich, layered, stunningly opulent and fleshy personality. While it still has plenty of tannin to shed, it is ripe and well-integrated. Give it 2-3 years of bottle age, and drink it over the next 20-25 years. (robert_parker - Wine Advocate - Apr-2009)
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2009)

About this wine

Chateau Talbot

Château Talbot is one of the best-known Bordeaux wine estates to a UK audience, not surprisingly because it takes its name from John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, who in 1453 suffered the ignominy of losing the  battle, and with it his life, which allowed Bordeaux and its vineyards to slip back into French control after belonging to the British Crown for over 340 years. In the last century it has been owned by the Cordier family, and the red wine of the estate has long enjoyed a reputation for solid dependability. It is one of the largest estates in the Médoc and its 102 hectare single vineyard is situated inland from the Gironde River and west of the hamlet of St-Julien-Beychevelle.
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