2012 Château Meyney

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 90.0 points

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  4/3/2024 - Silver Thunder wrote: 88 Points

  Aerated 4 hrs. Nothing special. Not much going on here and would not recommend this for collectors. Just not up to the level of complexity or QPR you can get from other St. Estephe's like the 2nd wine of Calon Segur: Marquis for instance blows this Meyney away. Don't want to be too harsh but worth the note. Tannins were soft, fruit barely apparent, and green hay prevalent. Paired with flat iron steak and grilled vegetables.

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  4/3/2024 - djhammond Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Constructed to drink at a young age, this still needs a few hours in the decanter to really come alive. One of the best value estates from St Estephe, it always punches above its weight. This is no exception, and is a bridge between Cru Bourgeois and growth Bordeaux wines, generally both in terms of quality and price. It is very approachable and easy to drink.

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  4/1/2024 - Rallerboy888 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drinking very well now! Very charming, great density of fruit and some mature tones. Might actually be better in 3-5 years.

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  3/31/2024 - Portland Seth wrote:

  This bottle was very oaky, I think the fruit will fade before the oak integrates.

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  1/14/2024 - jour-et-nuit wrote:

  First bottle of an OWC-12. I bought the case on the clear recommendation of the Southwold Tasting "2012 Ten Years On" reported by Thomas Parker and published on 4th February 2022.
  In fact, this bottle leaves me a little bit perplexed. The nose is fine and impressive (Merlot). It reminds me rather of right bank Pomerol.
  But after this pretty entry, what happens then ? Hm, the wine is not green or hollow; but maybe a little weak in the middle. And the finish is hard and in fact quite short and tannic. These impressions only changed a single iota with more air (retasted some hours on the same evening and then after 24 and 48 hours and finally on the third day).
  
  So either the wine is still too young to put everything in harmony and one has to be patient or this is the modern style of Meyney which you can't compare to the older vintages. (cf. the vertical MEYNEY-tasting 1954-2017: "Keine graue Maus mehr: Chateau Meyney 1954 – 2017", 12. November 2020 / Sebastian Schwander - https://mybestwine.ch/frankreich/reports-bordeaux/keine-graue-maus-mehr-chateau-meyney-1954-2017/
  
  Or, there is some bottle variation ... and you try to be lucky with the next bottle!

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