Chateau Prieure-Lichine Margaux 4. Cru Classé 2020 i trækasse

"96 points. So long and beautifully balanced." - James Suckling

"95 points. A great Margaux with excellent length" - Markus Del Monego MW

"94 points. This is already stellar... with some time in the cellar, it is only going to get better" - Jeff Leve

"94 points. Super glamour on show, but elegant in its presentation ... A great wine" - Decanter

"Illustrates again this year what Margaux means. 94-95 points within reach." - Vinum

Essensen af Margaux 1855 Grand Cru Classé...!

Med stakkevis af anmelderroser med i bagagen er Le Grand Vin fra det tidligere munkekloster Château Prieuré-Lichine formentlig aldrig smagt så himmelsk som i superårgangen 2020.

Dette er den foreløbige kulmination på de mange ambitiøse tiltag, der er sket i det nye årtusinde. Efter en omfattende modernisering af produktionsfaciliteterne vinificeres hver eneste parcel separat, hvilket giver stjerneønologen Stéphane Derenoncourt optimale forudsætninger for at sammenstikke det endelige blend. 

Ved køb af 6 flasker leveres vinen i original trækasse.

Anmeldelser af Château Prieuré-Lichine Margaux 4. Cru Classé 2020

96/100 James Suckling
"Black cherries, blackcurrants, tobacco, cacao and some licorice on the nose. Firm yet creamy, with very fine tannins that spread across the palate. Medium to full body. So long and beautifully balanced."

94-96/100 Bernard Burtschy

95/100 Markus Del Monego MW 
"Ripe fruit and mild spices make a great Margaux with excellent length."

95/100 Tastingbook.com

95/100 La Revue du Vin de France

94-95/100 Bettane & Desseauve

93-95/100 Wine Enthusiast
"This wine already shows a luscious side with its ripe black fruits and rich tannins. The obverse shows structure and acidity. Both these elements will together give a wine for aging."

94/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"Flowers, dark, red pit fruits, mint, and just a hint of chocolate create the perfume. The wine is silky, fresh, plush and polished with an elegant, vibrant finish that does not want to quit. This is already stellar in your glass, and with some time in the cellar, it is only going to get better with age. Drink from 2024-2047.”

94/100 Decanter
" Ripe and deeply scented on the nose and palate, a lingering florality follows the dark black fruits from start to finish. This has a lovely richness, more textural depth than some with salty, liquorice and wet stone tannins that support the fruit and give the frame. Rich and intense but so sleek. Super glamour on show, but elegant in its presentation. Definitely mineral, a salty coolness on the finish but textured tannins giving an appealing chalkiness too. Bold but restrained and super refreshing. A great wine."

94/100 Andreas Larsson, Tasted
"Pure, intense and refined nose showing wild raspberry, violet and some darker fruit notes with stylish oak, a rather Burgundian, and supple texture with fine roundness elegance and length."

94/100 Alexandre MA

92-94/100 Y. Castaing, Anthocyanes

93/100 Vinous
“The 2020 Prieuré-Lichine is elegant and nuanced, just as it was en primeur. Even so, I had hoped to see another step forward in this vintage, and it's just not there. For example, the aromatics aren't quite as focused as they could be. Prieuré-Lichine is still a very good wine, but it is not all it could be.”

93/100 Falstaff
"Deep dark ruby garnet, violet reflections, deep core, delicate edge lightening. Delicately floral, ripe plums, hint of chocolate, a hint of cloves and candied orange zest. Juicy, ripe cherries, subtle sweetness, present, integrated tannins, some nougat in the aftertaste, has a powerful effect, a full-bodied food wine with future prospects"

93/100 Vinum
"Waits once more with special charm, with precise fruit expression, tannins with a silky finish and ideal proportions without being overweight; illustrates again this year what Margaux means. 94-95 points within reach."

93/100 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

Om Château Prieuré-Lichine 

Grand Vin: Château Prieuré-Lichine, 4. Cru Classé  (1855 Médoc & Graves) 
2. Vine: Confidences de Prieuré og Le Cloitre du Château Prieuré Lichine
Beliggenhed: Cantenac, Margaux 
Beplantet areal: 77,5 ha 
Plantede druesorter: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot,  5% Petit Verdot
Fadmodning: 15 mdr. 50% ny barrique

Det tidligere munkekloster Ch. Prieuré-Lichine ligger i Margaux på den venstre bred i Bordeaux. I 1952 blev slottet købt af Alexis Lichine, der i tråd med traditionen navngav slottet efter sig selv, men lod det første navn stå for at ære fortidens hårdtarbejdende munke. På grund af dårlig økonomi og generel forsømmelse talte vinmarkerne ikke mere end 7 hektar og blev solgt for en slik. Men Lichine var visionær for sin tid. Han formåede at vende udviklingen og forøgede beplantningerne til 65 hektar. Demonstrativt plantede han et stort skilt ved motorvejen D2 for at tiltrække turister - et træk, der ikke var videre populært blandt naboerne, da man ikke var vant til turister i Bordeaux dengang.

Senere overtog sønnen Sacha Lichine arbejdet med den kendte Michel Rolland ved roret som ønolog. I 1999 blev slottet solgt til Ballande-gruppen, en succesfuld négociant i Bordeaux, og Stéphane Derenoncourt fungerer nu som førende ønolog. Ballande-gruppen har fortsat genrejsningen af slottet med reduktion af høstudbyttet for at øge kvaliteten, nye metoder til beskæring og en omfattende modernisering af faciliteterne. Kvaliteten er i dag højere end nogensinde før.