Chateau Fleur Cardinale Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2016 i trækasse

"94-96 points. The best Fleur-Cardinale ever produced" - Bettane & Desseauve
"95 points. Stunning nose of smoked black fruits, classy oak, violets..." - Jeb Dunnuck

Anmeldelser af Château Fleur Cardinale Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2016

97/100 Tastingbook.com

94-96/100 Bettane & Desseauve

"The best Fleur-Cardinale ever produced with a creamy coating all in depth: we have real complexity, a wine capable of tasting well in its early years and developing perfectly. Beautiful minty finish."

95/100 Jeb Dunnuck
"A blend of 74% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2016 Château Fleur Cardinale spent 14 months in new French oak. Deep ruby/purple-colored, with a stunning nose of smoked black fruits, classy oak, violets, and camphor, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, beautiful purity, ripe, present, polished tannins, and a great finish. It's a beautiful wine from this tip-top estate that has the class to keep for two decades or more."

95/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"Luscious textures with purity of fruit, this wine is all about the chocolate-covered plums and black cherry with their licorice and floral accents. The tannins are soft, the texture is velvety and the dark red fruits, anise, smoke, cocoa and earthy personality really shine in the finish."

94-95/100 Vert de Vin
"The nose is fruity, powerful, elegant and offers intensity, gourmandize and a beautiful finesse of the grain. It reveals notes of cassis, raspberry and small notes of fleshy small black fruits (blackberry…) associated with touches liquorice stick, green pepper as well as discreet toasted hints and an imperceptible hint of nutmeg/almond. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers juiciness, an acidulous frame, suavity, a beautiful precision/définition, a good structure, a fine tension as well as suavity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/juicy blackberry, fleshy/juicy cassis and small notes of raspberry associated with touches of strawberry, cornflower, toasted as well as fine hints of liquorice, hazelnut, almond and chocolate on the finish/persistence. Tannins are elegant, fine and well-built."

94/100 James Suckling
"Quite earthy and savory on the nose, the fruit only emerging slowly. However, on the palate, this has a very attractive fleshy quality and a moderately dry, long finish of some real sophistication. Easy to drink now, but will hold. A blend of 74 per cent merlot, 18 per cent cabernet franc and eight per cent cabernet sauvignon."

94/100 Falstaff
"Deep dark ruby garnet, firm core, violet reflections, delicate brightening of the edges, ripe plums, delicate floral, black berry fruit, a hint of nougat and orange zest. Complex, juicy, ripe black fruit, tannins present, a delicate note of chocolate in the finish, still dominated by wood at the moment, good sweetness in the aftertaste."

Om Château Fleur Cardinale

Fleur Cardinale er beliggende i den nordøstlige del af St.-Émilion, nær Cotes de Castillon. Slottets vinhistorie går tilbage til 1700-tallet, men med familierne Asseo (1982-2001) og Decoster (2001-nu) er Fleur-Cardinale for alvor trådt i karakter. Decoster-familien opførete allerede i 2002 en splinterny fadkælder (chai), og har ikke set sig tilbage siden. Konsulent er naboen, Jean-Luc Thunevin (Valandraud). Investeringerne er betalt tilbage med flotte ratings, og i siden 2006 har Fleur Cardinale haft status af Grand Cru Classé.