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2021 Château Talbot, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
For laying down
Product: 20218011853
2021 Château Talbot, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Cabernet Sauvignon 71%, Merlot 24%, Cabernet Franc 5%

Talbot is remarkably svelte and engaging in 2021. Under the guidance of Jean-Michel Laporte, in recent vintages Talbot was already moving towards a more sophisticated expression, but this is a quantum leap forward. This is a wine of extreme delicacy and finesse: Cabernet-driven but simultaneously limpid and ethereal. It has great purity, flowing gracefully to a subtle crescendo of gravel and graphite notes. Probably earlier to mature, this feels like more than the sum of its parts. And it will simply be delicious to drink. Drink 2025-2035.

Our score: 17/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd, April 2022

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity For laying down
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Talbot

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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