Château Saintayme Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2019

"94 points. Strikingly successful in 2019" - Decanter
"93-94 points. Flavorful. More concentration than the 2018." - James Suckling
"93 points. An especially serious edition of the Saintayme" - Antonio Galloni

Søstervin til 100-point-Pomerol... Ja, Saintayme er Saint-Émilions mest sensationelle supervalue!

Saintayme er det nye kultprojekt fra familien Durantou, der med 100 point fra Robert Parker har ført Château L’Eglise Clinet op i samme perfekte Pomerol-klasse som Pétrus.

Saintayme kommer fra en enkeltmark med op mod 40 år gamle vinstokke ved siden af berømte Château Valaudraud. Vinen forkæles på 30% nye barriquefade af præcis samme winemaker-team, som står bag "100-point-søsteren" L’Eglise Clinet i Pomerol.

Mens L’Eglise Clinet typisk koster over 2000 kr. flasken, så kan du fortsat opleve Saintayme til under en tiendedel af prisen. 

Højrebreddens vildeste value? Døm selv. Saintayme 2019 er en ren perle og samtidig et smukt eftermæle for winemaker Denis Durantou, der gik bort alt for tidligt i 2020.

Smagenote

I glasset mørk kirsebærrød med lilla kant og næsten sort kerne… Næsen er decideret sexet med intense dufte af violer, roser, saftige kirsebær, mørke blommer og solbær, der følges luksurisøt på vej af kælne krydderier, cedertræ, ristede espressobønner og chokolade fra den lange fadlagring… På tungen smooth og eksklusiv i smagen, der folder sig ud med en perfekt kombination af power og finesse. Det hele kulminerer i en lang og velkrydret finale, hvor fine krydderier og ranke tanniner sætter trumf på en  helt ekstraordinær smagsoplevelse for prisklassen… Wauw, for en vin! Drik nu, eller gem +20 år fra høståret.

Anmeldelser af Château Saintayme Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2019

94/100 Decanter
“Black chocolate, baked earth, liquorice root and silky smooth tannins greet you on the first attack of this wine. I've never found this the easiest to love of the Durantou range but it is strikingly successful in 2019. Silky and yet slatey in texture, this both eases you through the palate and pulls you up short, slowing things down. Sparks of fresh minerality accompany the pulsing blueberry and raspberry fruits, and the juicy finish makes this one to look out for.”

93-94/100 James Suckling
"A red with lovely, juicy character and plenty of ripe fruit and chocolate undertones. It's rich and layered. Flavorful. More concentration than the 2018."

93/100 Antonio Galloni
”The 2019 Saintayme is just as impressive from bottle as it was from barrel. Rich, deep and explosive, the 2019 offers up an exciting mélange of dark cherry, plum, chocolate, licorice and dark spice. I would cellar the 2019 for at least a few years. This is an especially serious edition of the Saintayme. All the elements are impeccably balanced. Tasted two times.”

92+/100 Jeb Dunnuck
"I wasn't able to taste the 2019 Saintayme from barrel, but it's solid from bottle, offering a medium-bodied, elegant profile that's very much in the style of the vintage. Ripe black cherries, mulberries, crushed stone, graphite, and sappy flowers all emerge from the glass, and it's focused, firm, and straight on the palate. It’s going to benefit from bottle age."

92/100 Tastingbook.com

91/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
“Dark in color, the wine exudes licorice, smoke, dark chocolate, black pit fruits and cherries. Full-bodied, lushly textured and with a hedonistic, fruit and chocolate filled finish, this will offer a lot of bang for the buck. The wine was made from blending 80% old vine Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc”

91/100 The Wine Independent
"100% Merlot and aged in 30% new oak, the 2019 Saintayme is medium to deep garnet-purple colored. It leaps from the glass with vibrant scents of juicy blackberries, wild blueberries, and rose oil, plus suggestions of chocolate box and underbrush. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers mouth-filling black fruits with fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with a skip in its step."

90+/100 Robert Parker
"Produced by the Durantou family, the 2019 Saintayme is a Saint-Émilion derived from soils rich in large stones in Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse. Offering up aromas of sweet raspberries, raw cocoa, spices and rose petals, it's medium to full-bodied, bright and lively, with a fleshy core of fruit and fine, powdery tannins that assert themselves on the finish. This will reward a bit of bottle age. It's 100% Merlot, all planted on vigor-reducing riparia rootstocks."

Vinen er fremstillet på 100% Merlot fra over 35 år gamle vinstokke en 9 hektars enkeltmark i kommunen Saint Etienne de Lisse, hvor verdensnavnene Valandraud og Fleur Cardinale er blandt de nærmeste naboer.  Et absolut top-terroir med jordbund af ler, kalk og grus. Vinen gærer med frugtbevarende temperaturstyring på ståltank, inden vinen omstikkes til 14 måneders modning på 225 liters franske barriquefade, heraf 30% helt nye.