Château Saint Pierre 2017

Château Saint Pierre 2017

Grand cru classé de Saint Julien

95/100 Parker

Reviewed by  Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Drink date : 2022 - 2045

"Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Saint-Pierre offers up warm cassis, redcurrant jelly, baked black berries and Black Forest cake with earth, herbs and meaty hints. Medium-bodied, it has a great core of muscular fruit with a firm and grainy frame and is solidly built, finishing long and layered. The blend is 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc, and it was aged in French oak for 14 months, 50% new. About 50% of the total production went into this grand vin, with 80,500 bottles produced."

• Created in the 17th century, this 4th Grand Cru Classé was divided up and dispersed after several successions. By luck and tenacity, in 1982, Henri Martin was able to reconstitute the property as it was known in 1855, the year of the famous classification. Since then, and thanks to the investment of the owners, Saint-Pierre is recognized by all as being a par fact representative of the Grands Crus Classés of Saint-Julien.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION :  

• GRAPE VARIETIES : 75% CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 15% MERLOT, 10% CABERNET FRANC
• HARVEST : MANUAL
• VINIFICATION : TRADITIONAL IN THERMO-REGULATED STAINLESS STEEL VATS
• AGEING : IN BARRELS FOR 14 TO 16 MONTHS, HALF OF WHICH ARE RENEWED EVERY YEAR

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