2020 Château de Sales

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91.5 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Bigdong's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/29/2024 - Bigdong wrote: 92 Points

  full body. plenty of slightly sweet ripe black currant, black plums, some floral herbs, medium high acidity, chocolate, tobacco. balanced and good concentration, soft tannins, medium short finish.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View KerryKirkham's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/9/2024 - KerryKirkham Likes this wine:

  Composed of 79% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7% Cabernet Franc. Generous and engaging—ripe plum, dried lavender, dark-roast coffee, cigar box, vanilla, and cool eucalyptus culminates in a fresh, lively, and iron-rich finish. I enjoyed this with a juicy steak dinner and was genuinely sad to take the last sip.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View gastronaut's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/11/2024 - gastronaut Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Quality: good-very good. Good balance and intensity, could use a bit more complexity. Has potential to age. Would buy/drink again.
  
  Appearance: deep, garnet-ruby. Opaque at the core
  Nose: clean, medium intensity. Red & black plum, violets, bramble, chocolate. Alcohol is a touch warm. Youthful.
  Palate: Dry, medium- acidity, medium fine tannins, medium alcohol (the 14.5 is well integrated), medium body, medium intensity, medium+ finish. Chocolate/mocha note.
  
  375mL for $16 from K&L

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Jeff Leve's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/21/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points

  Medium-bodied, soft, forward, fresh and spicy, with a core of sweet, red pit fruits, spice, lift and dusty tannins, with a touch of cocoa and leafy herbs that come in along with the endnote. This is the best vintage of Chateau de Sales I have ever tasted. Drink from 2023-2035.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View vvWine.ch's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/9/2023 - vvWine.ch wrote: 93 Points

  (Verkostet im Dezember 2022 in Windisch, 79% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, ausgebaut in zu 82% ein bis zweijährigen und zu 18% neuen Barriques, 14.5% Alkohol). Leuchtendes Rubinrot. Die Nase ist intensiv und feinduftig, viel Schwarzkirsche, auch schwarze Johannisbeeren, etwas Schlagsahne, darüber Veilchenaromen und Kaffee. Im Gaumen rund und weich, bereits gut zugänglich, bleibt trotz 14.5% Alkohol dank einer guten Säure frisch, die knackige, perfekt reife Frucht wird von seidigem Tannin umgarnt, der Wein ist elegant, ungemein verführerisch und charmant, hallt im Abgang lange nach und endet feinwürzig und fruchtig mit einem Mix aus roten und dunklen Beeren. Eine wahre Delikatesse zu einem unverschämt günstigen Preis. Jetzt bis 2038 geniessen. 93 vvPunkte www.vvwine.ch

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 8 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.