CHÂTEAU GLORIA
2009 Cru Bourgeois Saint Julien
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Saint Julien |
| Classification | Cru Bourgeois |
| ABV | 14% |
Deep ruby, quite a pointed, directed fruit. Cassis. Immediately charming, intense fruit, very attractive velvet feel, full of flavour. Ripe raspberry top-notes, very fat, ripe and round and gourmand despite the vivid definition. A great value buy. Rating: 93 L&S (Apr 2010)
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*Case price discount: Mix any 12 bottles of wine (or 9 litre equivalent) or 6 bottles of Champagne, Spirits, Sweet Wine or Fortified (4.5 litres) to get the discounted 'case price' for each bottle.
Great stuff, juicy, balanced, enticing, 2009 in a glass. Just a brilliant wine, so delicious and balanced, packed with soft brambled fruits, liquorice and graphite. Not the most intense and concentrated that you'll find in St Julien but this is joyful, great stuff and ready to drink. A buy. Drinking range: 2024 - 2042 Rating: 94 Jane Anson, Decanter (Oct 2024)
Love this 2009, it is so much Gloria at its best - plump black fruits, black cherry, damson, generous without overplaying its hand, offering signature St Julien mixed with a subtle glamour. The fruits are given depth and compleixty by black pepper spice, silky tannins, crushed rocks, aniseed. Beautiful and full of character. 40% new oak. Harvest September 24 to October 8. Remi di Constanzo technical director. Drinking range: 2022 - 2038 Rating: 95 Jane Anson, Decanter (Jan 2023)
I chose this vintage of Gloria for my Bordeaux Advent Calendar with 67 Pall Mall. It's actually a wine that I have chosen two years in a row for the advent calendar, because it is such a sure fire hit, with the most festive of all labels (think angels and heavenly hosts). Taste-wise, this is Gloria at its best - plump and spiced black fruits, majoring on black cherry and damson, touch of smoke, pared-back generosity that speaks of St Julien, but with the kick of glamour and silky tannins that makes this such an appealing and distinct character in the appellation. 40% new oak. Drinking range: 2022 - 2038 Rating: 95 Jane Anson, Decanter (Nov 2022)
Château Gloria
Château Gloria is an unclassified St-Julien property that produces clarets that equal in quality those from the more prestigious classed growths. Henri Martin, a cooper by upbringing, took over the property in 1942 and began purchasing plots of vineyards from classed growth properties such as Gruaud-Larose, Talbot, Lagrange and Léoville-Barton. By the mid 1960s he had 50 hectares spread across the appellation. In 1982 he purchased Château St-Pierre and thus realised his lifetime ambition of owning a Grand Cru Classé property. Henri Martin died in 1991 and Gloria is now run by his son-in-law Jean-Louis Triaud. The wine is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. It is aged in a combination of large oak foudres and small oak barrels (50% new). Gloria produces a wine that is typically deep in colour and rich, cassis-laden and cedary on the palate. It normally needs 7-10 years of bottle age to show at its best.
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