Chateau Talbot 4eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien 2020
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
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- Vintage2020
- ColourRed
- ProducerChateau Talbot
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- Sub RegionSaint-Julien
- DesignationAOP
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV13.5
- LWIN10153622020
- Avg. Critic Score4★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
The 2020 Talbot was corked on the first bottle. The second has a refined and focused bouquet, with more black fruit than its peers. Cedar and light minty notes impart a Pauillac-like personality. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, fine delineation, lovely poise and a sorbet-fresh, high-toned finish. This appears to have meliorated since I tasted it just after bottling, hence the higher score. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
- Drinking Window: 2030 - 2065
- Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
- Review Date: November 2024
The 2020 Talbot exhibits aromas of cassis and plums mingled with hints of clove, violets and toasty new oak. Medium to full-bodied, with a rich core of fruit, powdery tannins and lively acids, it's quite strongly marked by its élevage out of the gates, and it's an open question for me as to whether there's enough depth here to integrate the barrel program and reassert its Saint-Julien identity. On each of the three occasions I tasted it, it left me wanting more.
- Drinking Window: 2026 - 2050
- Reviewer Name: William Kelley
- Review Date: April 2023