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This is wonderfully expressive and distinct in style. The nose is full of rich aromas of violets, graphite and sweet cassis that mingle in the glass. The mid-palate is dominated by juicy red fruit with a backbone of mineral salinity from the limestone plateau that adds tension through to the long finish. They used eight amphorae for maturation in 2022, representing 10% of the final wine, alongside 44% new oak. Blend: 65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc
A blend of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 Berliquet offers a scented, floral bouquet – with aromas of violets and wild berries. The palate is smooth and velvety on the entry with fine tannins. It’s lush and bright, yet maintains freshness and precision on the finish. This is a seamless, rather giving Saint-Emilion that will be approachable young. Recommended.
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Candied cherries, tapenade, violets, and floral notes all emerge from the 2022 Château Berliquet, a medium to full-bodied, seamless Saint-Emilion that brings plenty of ripeness while staying nicely balanced, light on its feet, and elegant. Based on 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, from yields of 31.2 hectoliter per hectare, it will spend 16 months in 44% new French oak, with a portion of the blend aged in amphora. This isn't the most powerful or opulent wine in the vintage, but it's as seamless and graceful as they come.
Flowers, crushed stones, espresso, and red pit fruits create the nose. On the palate, the wine is expressive, silky, long, and deep, with intensity, purity and elegance, finishing with salty-chocolate, black, red and white cherries, plums and a dash of cocoa. The wine leaves you with refined, soft, polished edge in the finish. The wine blends 65% Merlot with 35% Cabernet Franc, 14.5% ABV, 3.55 pH.
Candied cherries, tapenade, violets, and floral notes all emerge from the 2022 Château Berliquet, a medium to full-bodied, seamless Saint-Emilion that brings plenty of ripeness while staying nicely balanced, light on its feet, and elegant. Based on 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, from yields of 31.2 hectoliter per hectare, it will spend 16 months in 44% new French oak, with a portion of the blend aged in amphora. This isn't the most powerful or opulent wine in the vintage, but it's as seamless and graceful as they come.
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About the producer
The Chanel group – owners of Ch. Rauzan-Ségla and Ch. Canon – added Berliquet to their stable of wine estates in 2017. Since then, the team – led by Nicolas Audebert – has been transforming the property, gradually revealing this special Saint-Emilion site’s potential.