2015 Château Berliquet

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  3/28/2024 - WojteG wrote: 89 Points

  2 hours in the decanter.
  First of all this is the most powerful wine from St.Emilion. What do I mean by that? A lot of coffee, tobacco and spice. Black fruits, minerals, cocoa powder, black olives ( or something similar to it), licorice. Very long dry finish. Grippy tannins, vivid acidity.
  It looks great, but there's something missing in this puzzle. I don't know...
  I know for sure one thing - no excitement here.
  Second disappointment - weak aromas. Mostly minerals, vanilla, cherry, plum, milk chocolate.
  People like it, critics like it.
  Bad day?
  2015 in St.Emilion got 95 points according to the WA Vintage Guide. Outstanding.
  Wine?
  JS - 97(wow!)
  Jean Marc Quarin - 94
  TWI - 93
  Decanter - 92
  Jeff Leve - 92
  WS - 92
  Vinous - 92
  Atkin - 89

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  7/30/2023 - fraundor wrote: 91 Points

  - Garnet color.

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  7/22/2023 - fraundor wrote: 92 Points

  - Garnet color.

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  6/1/2023 - der Schmecker Likes this wine:

  Example of a Bordeaux wine that needs age to soften, still needs more time to become prime, then the question becomes: for how long is that window open before the wine starts to deteriorate? My understanding is that in days long gone, Bordeaux wine would travel long distances in the holds of sailing ships, often through tropical climates, before reaching their destination a year or so later, and that the voyage would do much to soften the wine, making the wine more drinkable. Note that other reviewers reference decanting this wine, sometimes to little improvement.
  Today my father would have been 99 years old, we share a French name, and for dinner I'm eating steak, so I popped the cork before dinner to try this wine, which is not what I would normally uncork on a Thursday night, but my father was a Grand Cru human being, so here we are.
  Grippy, but not overly so. Dense but not plush, more broad-shouldered and rowdy, not at all seductive. Offers strength and some power, but no elevation. Honestly, I'm increasingly disappointed by this so-called 'old world' style of wine because in my mind the reliance on 'tradition' makes for a lesser wine, one that offers less enjoyment. I marked the 2015 Château Berliquet as "I like it" but only because there was no "Sort of like it" designation. Will not buy again.

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  7/19/2022 - John McCabe wrote: 93 Points

  Similar to the one I tried four years ago but this is showing more body and richness now - pretty solid, but still needs more time.
  This was quite a bit better on day #3 - the red fruit profile was more expansive and deeper, more resonant - definitely gave a sense of the elegance and quality that will come in later years. Reminded me a bit of the much-heralded '15 Canon even.

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