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2017 Château Gloria, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
For laying down
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
89-91/100
Product: 20171010598
2017 Château Gloria, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

A blend of 65 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 25 percent Merlot, five percent Cabernet Franc and five percent Petit Verdot, this wine has attractive aromatics of plum and damson fruit on the nose. Medium bodied with a very good mid-palate of cassis fruit; precise, and with nicely placed tannins. Compact and poised, and the wine shows a lovely seam of fruit throughout. A very good, classic St Julien, perfumed, precise and balanced.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity For laying down
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Gloria

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 89-91/100
The 2017 Gloria is deep garnet-purple in color and scented of warm plums and blueberry pie with hints of potpourri, tilled soil and espresso. The palate is medium-bodied with just enough expressive fruit and a fine, approachable frame. The blend is currently 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 8% Petit Verdot. Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 27/04/2018
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, (Apr 2018)

About this wine

Chateau Gloria

Château Gloria is an unclassified St-Julien property that produces clarets that equal in quality those from the more prestigious classed growths. Henri Martin, a cooper by upbringing, took over the property in 1942 and began purchasing plots of vineyards from classed growth properties such as Gruaud-Larose, Talbot, Lagrange and Léoville-Barton. By the mid 1960s he had 50 hectares spread across the appellation. In 1982 he purchased Château St-Pierre and thus realised his lifetime ambition of owning a Grand Cru Classé property.
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