2015 Château la Bienfaisance Sanctus

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  5/3/2022 - VinedyRoad Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Think this best to consume now, don't see it getting much if any better in bottle.

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  2/23/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Winebar [4 Whts & 8 Reds] from 02/22/18 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): From vines ave 40 yrs of age, planted to 70% Merlot & 30% C.F. in soils of clay & limestone mixed with iron deposits; Typically, malolactic & as much as 18 mos of aging occur in FR oak barrels (90% new); 3,458 cases made; A Stéphane Derenoncourt wine;
  
  N: Closed; RIPE berries with notes of pyrazines, poss smoke?
  
  P: Med body; RNDISH entry with NICE, ALMOST swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which pretty much resolves by the LONG, balanced, poss very, VERY slightly bitterish finish with a tangy/swtness to the surprisingly innocuous dusty tannins. Approachable now with food, this deserves cellaring through '19, then POSS making its 10th. My VG+/EXC-, quite arguably the higher based upon the QPR of this vendor's $22.95, which is $2 < the lower of wine-searcher's currently limited entries. 91-93 Falstaff Magazine, 90 pts WS, 89 ea Jeff Leve & Tim Atkin, 88-90 Vinous (Galloni), 85-87 WA, & 16/20 Jancis Robinson.

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  2/14/2019 - RogerQ wrote: 94 Points

  Outstanding Right bank blend(Merlot, Cabernet Franc). Looking forward to revisit in 2022.

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  11/21/2018 - Bam_Man wrote: 88 Points

  Tried this last Sunday at the B-21 Holiday Tasting, after buying a couple of bottles from them a few months before. Medium-bodied and fruity, offering a tangy mouthful of plum, raspberry and dark currant fruit. Elegant in style compared to some of the other New World-style Bordeaux I tasted - especially the 2015 Vieille Cure. Nicely balanced, but not particularly deep on the mid-palate, or long on the finish. Still very young and no doubt will improve with a few years of cellar time.
  50+5+11+15+7=88

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  5/26/2018 - wineotim wrote: 89 Points

  Flowery aromas and flavors, medium bodied, decent structure of red raspberry like fruit.

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