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Forward, rich, ripe, lush, and fruity, with black cherries, chocolate, licorice, smoke, and espresso in every delicious, sniff and sip. You can already enjoy this or give it further aging.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Toasty, with a frame of mocha and tobacco notes around ripe plum and blackberry compote flavors. Solid, if a bit obvious in style. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2024. 2,500 cases made, 1,250 cases imported.
Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Badette strides confidently out of the glass with notes of warm blackberries, black cherries and plum preserves plus wafts of cedar chest, pencil lead and black truffles. Big, concentrated and full-bodied in the mouth, the muscular fruit has a sturdy, rather rugged frame and a firm finish.
The 2017 Chateau Badette checks in behind the brilliant 2016, but it certainly isn’t far off. Gorgeous cassis and blackberry fruits as well as ample chocolate, mocha, spring flowers, and crushed rock all emerge from the glass, and it's medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced, pure, and elegant on the palate. The tannin quality here is first-rate. This is an estate readers need to get on their radar as they represent stunning value. The blend here is 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot that spent 12 months in 80% new French oak. Drink bottles any time over the coming 15+ years.
About the producer
A sleeping beauty, this Saint-Émilion estate has been shaken awake by Belgian investor Marc-Andrê Vandenbogaerde who has invested in both the vineyards and the winery, expanding its total holdings to 10.5 hectares with the purchase of a new vineyard close to Château Figeac.