CHÂTEAU GLORIA
2023 Cru Bourgeois Saint Julien
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Saint Julien |
| Classification | Cru Bourgeois |
| ABV | 13% |
50 Cabernet Sauvignon, 35 Merlot, 10 Petit Verdot, 5 Cabernet Franc Strangely, this is my favourite Gloria to date, and it even deserves a half point higher than last year’s juicy 2022. The recipe in this 2023 vintage wine sees only a 1% deviation from last year’s blend, with one percentage point more Petit Verdot taking this hundredth from Cabernet Franc, but it tastes like an entirely different wine. I have never used the word glorious about Gloria, but it is deserved. The engine in the centre of this flavour is fantastic and the tannins are fit and clean. Good work, Gloria; you will make a lot of new fans in 2023. Rating: 17.5+ Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (May 2024)
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Love this inky depths of the plummy fruits and deep rich chcolate notes, great quality with depths and balance. Last year of organic conversion. Drinking range: 2029 - 2040 Rating: 93 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2024)
The 2023 Gloria is bright, punchy and super-expressive. Red-toned fruit, crushed flowers, white pepper and mocha are nicely dialed up. this super-classic Saint-Julien delivers the goods. Best of all, it should be a great value. Drinking range: 2030 - 2052 Rating: 91-93 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (May 2024)
A dense, sweet and rather perfumed nose, with griottes, dark plum and pressed wild flowers. This precedes a palate with admirable texture, sinewy as per the vintage, although it shows confidence, with a seam of dark and lithe tannin running underneath the fragrant fruit. Perfumed, fresh, floral, with threads of dark cherry and white peach, concluding in a rather smart grip, this shows admirable construct. A sappy finish, but there is some potential here. Tasted twice. Rating: 90-92 Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com (Apr 2024)
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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