CHÂTEAU SAINT PIERRE
2014 4ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Saint Julien |
| Classification | 4ème Cru Classé |
| ABV | 13.5% |
78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc. This is only the 4th time they have added Cabernet Franc here, and there is a noticeable elegance to the wine. Great St Julien feel. This packs a lovely punch. Sophisticated, classic shape. A touch of mulberry and lovely cooked plum are perfectly framed by gentle notes of dried tobacco and then a persistent build of fine tannin. Stylish, elegant and really tastes like proper claret. Dense fruit, good ripeness, but no fat here. Recommended. Rating: 93-94 L&S (Apr 2015)
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This vintage always benefits in a vertical from coming after the 2013, but no question that this is a excellent wine with dark fleshy fruits and slate-textured tannins. Confident powerful, nuanced, rich, balanced. A signature St Julien vintage, with smoked cigar box from the opening notes, balanced but expands and rises from the mid palate onwards. 50% new oak. Drinking range: 2024 - 2044 Rating: 94 Jane Anson, Decanter (Feb 2022)
The 2014 Saint-Pierre has the most fruit-driven bouquet of the flight of Saint Julien wines with copious red cherries, boysenberry and fig-like scents. It certainly is the one with the immediate appeal rather than intrinsic complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with firm, quite solid tannin that provide good backbone to support the weight of fruit. There is a lot of extraction here but everything remains nicely proportioned and there is more than enough freshness towards the finish. This should not be under-estimated and it will provide long-term drinking pleasure. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Drinking range: 2020 - 2045 Rating: 93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Mar 2018)
The 2014 Saint Pierre is a bold, rustic wine, but it has also come along nicely. Black cherry, herb, smoke, licorice and tobacco give the wine its dark personality. The tannins are a bit coarse, but otherwise this is a solid wine that shows the darker, bigger side of Saint-Julien. Tasted two times. Drinking range: 2018 - 2029 Rating: 90 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2017)
Château Saint Pierre
St Julien Quatrième cru 1855 At 17ha Château Saint Pierre is the smallest classed growth estate in St Julien. The name is derived from the Baron de Saint-Pierre who owned the estate at the tail end of the 18th Century. He left Saint-Pierre to his two daughters who, after running the estate together for a while, divided Saint-Pierre in two in 1832. The Dutch company, Van den Bussche bought both bits of Saint-Pierre in 1923 and re-united the estate. In 1982, Henri Martin (the man who assembled the Château Gloria from bits of vineyard purchased from various St Julien estates, including Saint-Pierre) bought the estate and he, and his daughter and son-in law Françoise and Jean-Louis Triaudand, have done much to raise the profile of this oft over-looked château. The vineyards are planted to 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, with the wines being made at Château Gloria. Although renewed reputation has pushed the price up a little in recent years, Saint-Pierre still represents quite good value for some nicely made darkly coloured St Julien.
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