2018 Château Saint-Pierre

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  5/3/2024 - englishman's claret wrote: 89 Points

  Big, boysenberry-filled nose, accented by pencil and cedar but fundamentally marked by the heat of the vintage both in a slightly jammy character and in an excess of alcohol which grabs the spotlight and throws the whole package out of balance (particularly on the palate). After 12 hours, the imbalance doesn’t seem quite as blatant leading me to hope that this issue will be at least mitigated with age.
  
  This is a good illustration as to the dangers of a vintage like 2018 without old vines and very deep gravel; the natural stuffing just can’t balance the alcohol. This is a real blip for St Pierre amidst a very distinguished period from ~2015 on.

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  4/26/2024 - preid Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark, clear red colour. 1-2 hours decant. Red fruit, tobacco, earthy notes. Silky and sophisticated balance. Medium length. Elegant with smooth tankins. Drinks well now, but guess it will develop further. Really nice St Julien.

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  11/25/2023 - wineotim Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I was expecting more density and concentration but instead I got elegance and sophistication. This is not in your face fruit like a recent vintage Leoville Barton. This is a pure classic style, liked it a lot. Earthy notes, a touch of sweet spice, tobacco, cassis fruit, oak, and fine traditional terroir.

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  8/19/2023 - chatters wrote:

  Prince - Cabernets of the world (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Blackcurrant, plum, sweet spice, cedar, very slight chocolate, herbaceous notes. Juicy, fleshy, muted fruit, slightly chalky, woody tannins persist long, slightly too long for the fruit in fact. Touch of cream joins on the finish. Meh.

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  8/18/2023 - SuperSomm wrote:

  Deep ruby colour. Pronounced and developing nose with blackcurrant, blackberry, black pepper, licorice, cloves, cedar and tobacco. Pronounced taste of blackcurrant, blackberry, black pepper, licorice, cloves and cedar. Long and dry finish. High acidity. High tannins. Medium body. A very good St. Julien. Drink in five to fifteen years. Goes well with beef or lamb.

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