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Since Chanel’s acquisition of Berliquet in 2017, the estate has been on a gradual upwards trajectory and that continues with the 2024. The nose is wonderfully seductive with cassis and a touch of fresh green herbal notes mingling together in the glass. The mid-palate is compact and concentrated, but the most impressive aspect is the backbone of acidity, which drives noticeable freshness right through to the long finish. The blend includes the first fruit from their Malbec vines, planted in 2021, and already showing great potential. First vintage certified organic. Blend: 60% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Franc, 1% Malbec
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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Unwinding in the glass with brooding aromas of cassis, raspberries, rose petals, violets and pencil shavings, the 2024 Berliquet is medium to full-bodied, polished and muscular, with broad shoulders and a dense, chalky core. It's a blend of 60% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Franc and (a new addition) 1% Malbec. This estate continues to stand out next to is stablemate, Canon, for its more powerful style and darker fruit profile.
Anis, fennel straight on the nose, this has a gourmet, earthy quality with beautiful freshness, showing blueberry, raspberry and red cherry fruits, mandarin peel, bitter aniseed and chalk edge on the finish. 42hl/ha yield, organic certified. 3.37 pH. Yield 43 hl/ha. 37% new oak, 22% amphoras. Harvest 20 September to 3 October. 100% of production (after selection) is here, nothing gone to bulk. First year of Malbec added into the blend here (just 1%).
The 2024 Berliquet is delicate and understated, in the style of the year. Floral aromatics accent a core of blue-toned fruit, new leather, licorice and dark spice. The 2024 is classy, elegant and polished from start to finish. The most important signature of the 2024 is a palpable refinement in the tannin profile, even in a challenging vintage. This is an intriguing and highly promising wine from a chateau that is still finding its way. Tasted four times.
About the producer
The Chanel group – owners of Ch. Rauzan-Ségla and Ch. Canon – added Berliquet to their stable of wine estates in 2017. Since then, the team – led by Nicolas Audebert – has been transforming the property, gradually revealing this special Saint-Emilion site’s potential.