Chateau Barde-Haut St.Emilion Grand Cru Classé 2021

<p><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"92-94 points. T<em style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">he 2021 is beautifully done from start to finish. It's a terrific effort" <strong>- Antonio Galloni </strong></em></span></span></em></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Anmeldelser af Château Barde-Haut Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2021</span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>93-94/100 James Suckling</strong></span><br />"Brightness and freshness here, with light orange-peel, blackcurrant and earth, Lots of flowers, too. Medium-bodied, refined and very pretty. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc."</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>92-94/100 Vinous - Antonio Galloni </strong></span><br />"The 2021 Barde-Haut is a relatively soft wine for this site in Saint-Émilion's Saint Christophe des Bardes sector, but there's good depth and plenty of resonance. Rose petal, lavender and spice meld into a core of red/purplish berry fruit. All the elements are very nicely balanced. Specifically, the oak imprint is not as present as in previous years, and that's a good thing. The 2021 is beautifully done from start to finish. It's a terrific effort from Hélène Garcin and Patrice Lévêque."</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>92-94/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider</strong></span><br />"Licorice, black cherry, espresso and herbs are on the nose. Medium-bodied, soft, elegant, polished and fresh, this should drink well young, yet have the ability to age and evolve for 15-20 years. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2024-2040."</em></span></span></p> <p><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">92/100 Bettane &amp; Desseauve</span></span></strong></span></em></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>91-93/100 Vínous - Neal Martin</strong></span><br />"The 2021 Barde-Haut is a bit bashful on the nose and needed coaxing from the glass, eventually revealing brambly red fruit mingled with loamy scents and light marine aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy red fruit and gentle grip. A much more linear and vertical Barde-Haut compared to recent vintages, ending in a lightly spiced finish. Give this very commendable Saint-Émilion three or four years in bottle."</em></span></span></p> <p><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">91-93/100 Anthocyanes, Y. Castaing</span></span></strong></span></em></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>91-93+/100 Robert Parker</strong></span></em><br /><em>"This 17-hectare amphitheater of a vineyard has produced a successful 2021 Barde-Haut, offering up aromas of sweet berries, cherries and plums framed by a creamy patina of new oak. Medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, with tangy acids and a generous endowment of powdery structuring tannins, it's a blend of more or less 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc (the latter increasingly deriving from massale selections taken at Clos l'Eglise)"</em></span></span></p>