2024 La Vieille Cure
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The 2024 Château La Vieille Cure is a perennial overachiever, and it appears to be a success again. Ripe red, blue, and black fruits, spring flowers, spice wood, and graphite all define the aromatics, and it's medium-bodied, with a pure, elegant mouthfeel, soft yet certainly present tannins, and outstanding length. Based on 80% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, it was aged 12-15 months in French oak (40% new) with a small percentage in amphora. My money is on it being outstanding, and it's going to shine right out of the gate.
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Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
Neal Martin, Vinous
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Inky plum, good quality black fruits on the opening, slate and cocoa bean, understated with some concentration through the mid palate, enjoyable if not quite showing the excellence of recent vintages, impacted by the challenges of 2024.
The 2024 La Vieille Cure has a touch of reduction on the nose, though it is armed with ample red berry fruit and scents of wilted rose petal and orange pith. It just needs a little coaxing. The palate is well balanced with fine tannins, a little grainy in texture but I appreciate its cohesion on the finish. This is one to look out for.
Black cherries, black currants, and floral aromatics open the wine. Medium-bodied, fresh, supple, and already quite charming to drink, the wine leaves you with sweet cherries, and fresh strawberries, with a note of refreshing mint on the backend. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon.