2019 Château Talbot
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Intense inky colour, wood spice, dried tobacco and brooding fruit. Ripe, resolved tannins with good direction providing freshness and nice structural framework on the palate. Juicy generous fruit- textbook Cabernet-cassis. Ripe, quite punchy, slightly warming, bordering on the blue fruit spectrum though no raisining. A touch of baked fruits but Cabenet acid comes through creating energy and tension.
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James Suckling
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Such precision and elegance, showcasing savorury blue fruits and a ton of Cabernet signature, Just a hugely classic and brilliant Talbot, and one where it is stretching its muscles, standing up to take its place among the great St Juliens. This is the best for me in the line up, with clear ageing potential, liqourice and rich blueberry and blackberry fruits with waves of cinnamon, cocoa bean, cloves edging, and smoked coffee beans. 60% new oak for ageing, Jean-Michel Laporte director.
The 2019 Talbot has a very peppermint scented nose that slightly obscures the terroir profile - quite opulent and showy. The palate is medium-bodied with that mintiness continuing, a little New World in style. A modern sheen here with a slightly confit finish. The imprimatur of the growing season is stronger here compared to others. Not sure if this bottle is 100% representative so I will not score this. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
Tasted blind. Well-knit nose and a very sweet start. Easy to like, but quite evolved. (JR)
About the producer
Quality has not necessarily always lived up to this property’s Fourth Growth status, however there have been significant improvements in recent years, with a sustainable focus in the vineyard, and new winery and cellar.