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Glengarry Review58% Cabernet, 33% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc this year. The Merlot component is higher this year, due to an ample production of Merlot in 2018. (The prior year the Chateau had lost 25% of their Merlot, so this year it came back and flourished). The nose is very intense, bright dark black berries with plum and cassis notes. A super concentrated wine with a very determined structure. The tannins are exceptionally ripe and yet fine at the same time. The abv is 14.3%, the highest ever for the Chateau, though you certainly don’t notice is at all. This is a very smart wine.
Parker 92-94
The deep garnet-purple colored 2018 Branaire-Ducru begins just a tad reduced with broody tar, rubber and fried herbs scents giving way to a fragrant core of warm cassis, blackberry pie and blueberry coulis with touches of smoked meats and tobacco. Full-bodied, firm and rugged in the mouth with brawny, muscular fruit and a sturdy frame of grainy tannins, it finishes long and savory.
James Suckling 95-96/100
This is a fantastic Brainaire with deep and dark fruit, such as blackberries and blackcurrants. Lots of raspberries, too. Full-bodied with firm and creamy tannins and a super long finish. We will see if it’s better than 2016, but on its way.
Jancis Robinson 16.5/20
58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc; 60% new oak. Barrel sample. Black-cherry rim with opaque core. Scented with cassis and ripe damson fruit, quite open on the nose. Lively on the palate too, really fruity, balanced by fine layers of dry but not drying tannins. Oaky, chewy, rich, but smooth on the finish with aromatic fruit through to the finish. (JH) 14% Drink 2025-2035