2022 Dassault
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The 2022 Dassault was blended by the estate's new consultant, so perhaps it would otherwise have been worse. Exhibiting aromas of baked fruits, figs and toasty oak, it's medium to full-bodied, heavily extracted and coarse.
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James Suckling
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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The 2022 Château Dassault is a powerful, inky, concentrated effort that's going to demand – and reward – cellaring. Black cherry liqueur, new leather, graphite, and violet notes define the aromatics, and it's medium to full-bodied, has a juicy spine of acidity, nicely integrated tannins, and a great finish. Hide bottle for 4-6 years, and it's going to drink nicely over the following 15-20 years. The blend is 76% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon that was aged in 60% new barrels, with 11% in foudre and 10% in amphora.
The 2022 Dassault has a composed and delineated bouquet that's much more refined and elegant than the wines I was tasting a decade ago. The palate is medium-bodied and nicely poised with pliant tannins and a keen thread of acidity. It has a pure fruit tone laced with pencil shavings toward the finish. This is an excellent Saint-Émilion that will age with style.
Intense and concentrated, good lift through the palate, bitter cocoa bean edge to it, fennel, liquorice and crushed rocks, raspberry and black cherry. Full barrel vinification and ageing for the Cabernet Sauvignon, Romain Depons director.