James Suckling – March 2025 – 92/100
James Moleswoth : A lushly fruited red, with dark plum and boysenberry preserve notes, this glides along with grace and focus as black tea, dried anise and violet details fill in throughout. Shows subtle energy through the finish. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère and Malbec. Best from 2026 through 2037.
Jean-Marc Quarin – Mars 2023 – 94pts
Couleur sombre et pourpre. Nez très aromatique, fruité et profond. Belle odeur de fruits noirs parfaitement mêlée à un joli boisé nuancé. Minutieux en entrée de bouche, particulièrement aromatique au milieu, précis dans sa réalisation, avec un corps juteux, le vin glisse jusqu’en finale. Les dernières secondes de la dégustation l’élève encore. Tannin raffiné. C’est […]
Jeb Dunnuck – Mars 2023 – 93pts
The 2020 Château De Pressac showed beautifully, with terrific purity in its spicy dark fruits, spice, chocolate, and earthy nuances. Medium to full-bodied and concentrated, with ripe tannins, it’s another balanced, layered, incredibly impressive Saint-Emilion that does everything right. It’s going to benefit from short-term cellaring and keep for two decades, if not longer. The […]
Decanter – Mars 2023 – 93pts
Juicy and lively with lots of liquorice and dark chocolate flavours lacing the blackcurrant, raspberry, blueberry and plum fruit. Feels well worked with balanced acidity and a super sleek texture and I love the limestone touches – the salinity and minerality. Tannins are fine and well integrated. There’s a classicism to this despite being a […]
Alexandre Ma – Mars 2023 – 93pts
This is a 100% “Terroir Wine”, and you must not rush to taste it, for if you are fooled by its reserved aromas, you may miss this delicious wine. Château de Pressac 2020 has an outstanding balance, and it leaves the reservedness and elegance of limestone terroir after caressing the taste buds. The palate is […]
JM Quarin – Avril 2023 – 95 pts
Ma meilleure note donnée à ce cru en Primeur – Outsider Couleur sombre, intense et pourpre. Nez très aromatique, fin, fruité, pur, à la fois mûr et frais. Ample dès l’entrée en bouche, fondant au milieu, très aromatique, juteux, sans cesse accompagné par un gras fin, la construction est remarquable. Le vin laisse parler la […]
Jancis Robinson.com – Avril 2023 – 16.5+
Black core with purple rim. Really fragrant and open, seems to show the 20% stems as much in the aroma as on the palate. Lovely freshness and refinement, especially in the finest of tannins. Elegant already. Cool and fresh but with more to come.
Jane Anson – Avril 2023 – 95 pts
Bright violet-tinged plum colour, vivid berry fruit on the opening, with velvety texture that you really see and feel in the glass. Impressive, this has great quality and personality, with crunchy red fruit fruit that has juice without sacrifcing depth and complexity. Stands out in the appellation. Tasted twice, excellent both times. Hubert de Boüard […]
Peter Moser Falstaff – Mai 2023 – 95 pts
Deep dark ruby garnet colour with opaque core and purple reflections, delicate brightening on the rim. Dark berries, hints of ripe cherries, fine savouriness, some nougat, inviting, multi-faceted bouquet. Powerful, juicy, ripe blackberries, fresh, very persistent, mineral and salty on the finish, certain ageing potential for many years.
Alexandre MA – Mai 2023 – 94-95 pts
Château de Pressac 2022 impresses with its ability to showcase fruitiness regardless of hot and dry growing seasons. Upon swirling the glass, notes of red plums, blackberries, raspberries, and hawthorn cake emerge, followed by hints of cinnamon and clove, creating a lively and delightful experience. The fine powdery tannins cover the palate, enhancing the already […]
Wine review on line – Mai 2023 – 93-95 pts
Rather balanced in its expression of ripe fruit, red and black. Underlying wet stone freshness pleases! With more “modern” hints of dark chocolate, which complement rather than dominate. This is quite good indeed. Tasted twice with similar notes.
Jeb Dunnuck – Mai 2023 – 92-94 pts
The 2022 Château De Pressac should be terrific. It has a forward, supple, incredibly charming style carrying lots of spicy red fruits, notes of leather, dried herbs, and loamy earth, medium body, plenty of mid-palate depth, and ripe tannins. I love its overall balance, and this is a seriously good 2022 that’s going to offer […]
Colin Hay – Mai 2023 – 92-94 pts
This has pleasing graphite and pencil-shaving notes alongside the dark berry and stone fruit; quite saline in its minerality. A hint of the cedar to come and a lovely wild heathery note. Fresh and softly textured, but with a fully charged, compact and energetic core of crushed ripe berry fruit – a little cherry skin […]
Jancis Robinson – Mai 2023 – 16/20
six different bordeaux varieties planted here! Bright crimson. Quite a broad spread of interesting flavours on the nose. Sweet, almost sickly, start to the palate and some fairly light tannins on the end. Medium persistence. Juicy, transparent but not that dense a wine considering the vintage potential.
In Wino Wine (Marie Roginska) – Mai 2023
Coup de Coeur : Le terroir et la mosaïque de cépages sont très propices à affronter les caprices plus en plus fréquents de la météo d’ajourd’hui. En effet, grâce à son assemblage unique, le vin a beaucoup de caractère en gardant le soyeux et l’élégance de Merlot, avec sa fraicheur et sa belle acidité. Sa […]
Vert de Vin – Mai 2023 – 94-95pts
Le nez est fruité, épicé, puissant et racé. On y retrouve des notes de mûre de Boysen, de cassis et plus légèrement de poivre associées à des touches de violette, de petits fruits bleus sauvages ainsi qu’à des pointes de camphre, à une discrète pointe de torréfaction ainsi qu’à une discrète pointe de sens de […]
La Revue du Vin de France – Mai 2023 – 92-93 pts
La richesse d’un millésime se voit bien canalisée par une expression fraîche du fruit. Enveloppant l’attaque, il prend un bel élan en cœur de bouche jusqu’à une finale dynamique. Vinous (Neal Martin) (mai 2003) : 91-93 : The 2022 Château de Pressac has a vivacious and engaging bouquet, more floral than its peers but with […]
Weinwisser – Juin 2023 -18/20
Verführerisches Bouquet, frisch gepflückte Heidelbeere, betörende Veilchen,Brombeerkonfitüre und Lakrikze. Am straffen durchtrainierten Gaumen mit geraldliniger Ausrichtung und engmaschigen Tannin-gerüst. Im konzentierten Finale Wildkirsche, dunkles Graphit und erhabene Adstringenz mit salzigem Extrakt. Grandiose Leistung von Jean-François Quenin
LE GUIDE HACHETTE DES VINS 2023 CHÂTEAU DE PRESSAC 2019 – 2 étoiles
« Suave et élégant, ce vin joue la carte de la finesse avec réussite. On appréciera son nez complexe de fruits noirs et rouges, sa matière richement fruitée, avec une touche épicée et beaucoup de fraicheur, ses tannin soyeux et enfin son boisé bien intégré. Un joli classique, équilibré et de bonne longueur. »Voir l’original–Lire […]
James Suckling – Avril 2024 – 94-95 pts
Really refined and focused with blackberry, blueberry and crushed stone. Medium-bodied with class and tension. Racy.