2024 Bourgneuf
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Deep and full of dark, almost currant-like, fruit, the nose of the 2024 Ch. Bourgneuf currently shows the sweetness of its barrels (35% new here), but this will integrate with time. The palate is smooth and plush, on the more fuller-bodied style for the year, yet with a line of mouth-watering acidity, layers of bright raspberry fruit and a savoury edge to the finish. Blend: 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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The 2024 Bourgneuf continues this estate's upward trajectory, standing out for its usual depth and concentration in this vintage. Aromas of cherries, raspberries and minty cassis preface a medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered palate that's rich and creamy, with broad structural shoulders and a lively, penetrating finish. Once again, the quality of Bourgneuf's 2024 underlines this estate's proximity to Trotanoy (one block actually reaches the outbuildings of Trotanoy).
The 2024 Bourgneuf continues this estate's upward trajectory, standing out for its usual depth and concentration in this vintage. Aromas of cherries, raspberries and minty cassis preface a medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered palate that's rich and creamy, with broad structural shoulders and a lively, penetrating finish. Once again, the quality of Bourgneuf's 2024 underlines this estate's proximity to Trotanoy (one block actually reaches the outbuildings of Trotanoy).
Medium plus ruby in colour, they have definitely gone long on extraction, pushing the tannic frame so that there are spicy notes, leafy cassis bud and tight bilberry, good quality, and an estate that I always recommend, taking their foot off the pedal might have kept the emphasis more squarely of fruit. 35% new oak. Harvest 23 September to 3 October.