2014 Dassault
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The 2014 Dassault was a difficult primeur sample to pin when I tasted it back in April 2015. Now in bottle, it has certainly come good. It has an intense bouquet full of black cherry, raspberry and iodine aromas that blossom in the glass, though there is a slight tinniness that remained despite aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannin on the entry, a fine thread of acidity with a harmonious blackcurrant and strawberry pastille-driven finish. There is good potential here—a heady and buxom Saint Emilion that should be tempered by time in bottle.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2014 Dassault is bold, fruit-driven and absolutely delicious, although the firm tannins are going to need some time to soften. Plum, violet, licorice and lavender are some of the signatures in this inky, extroverted Saint-Émilion. In 2014, Dassault is a sleeper. Tasted two times.
Blackish crimson. Very plummy fruit and a hint of tarmacadam and some real energy on the nose. Luscious and full with some Pavie-like tough concentration on the end. A bit overdone but it is certainly ambitious! Fast fade. (JR)
Super-ripe dark cherries meld into sweet flowers and spices in the 2014 Dassault. This open-knit, racy St.-Emilion should drink well pretty much right out of the gate. The style is forward, ripe and fruit-driven, but with good underlying support. Violets, licorice and crème de cassis add the final shades of nuance.