Chris Kissack – Avril 2024 – 93-95pts
The 2023 from Château de Pressac offers threads of sweet red cherry and redcurrant swirled with leather, tobacco, vanilla and toast. And there is a touch of cherry ripple ice cream here, with a black pepper lift. This is immediately convincing on the palate, feeling dark and more concentrated than the nose suggested, with dark […]
Jeb Dunnuck – Avril 2024 – 91-93pts
The 2023 Château De Pressac is a beauty. Medium-bodied, focused, nicely concentrated, and elegant on the palate, it has ample red and black fruits, notes of spice and chalky minerality, background oak, and fine tannins that emerge on the finish. It’s going to need a few years to integrate its oak, but this is impressive […]
Jane Anson – Avril 2024 – 94pts
Beautifully deep inky plum colour, a touch of heat on the nose, but well balanced by peony flowers and damson fruits. This stretches out through the palate, white pepper and rosemary spice notes, a kick of turmeric and cinnamon, good persistency, and combines exuberance and restraint. 45% new oak and 5% in amphora for ageing. […]
Alexandre Ma – Avril 2024 – 93-94pts
93-94pts
Antonio Galloni – Avril 2024 – 92-94pts
Under the radar gems. Consistently one of Saint-Émilion’s hidden jewels : The 2023 de Pressac is a compelling wine from one of Saint-Émilion’s most under-the-radar properties. Inky red/purplish fruit, rose petal, lavender mint, sage and blood orange are all beautifully delineated. The 2023 exudes tension and limestone-infused energy. Pressac remains one of the most distinctive […]
Weinzeitung – Mai 2024 – 17/20
Dichtes kraftvolles Bouquet, frischer Espresso, Schwarzbeeren, Wilde Heidelbeeren, Thymian, Schokolade. Gute Dichte, saftig, viel süsses Tannin, guter Kern, feiner Säure-bogen, rot-bis blaubeerige Frucht, Himbeeren, Wald-beeren, helle Kräuterwürze in Finish, gute Länge.
Jancis Robinson (Julia Harding) – Mai 2024 – 16+/20
Inky crimson with purple rim. Pure and creamy cassis fruit. Lots of spice and grippy tannins here. Youthful, generous. Powerful and oaky on the finish. I think this will be a slow burner. (JH)
Jeff Leve – Mai 2024 – 92-94pts
Flowers, licorice, spice, and black raspberries fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, elegant, and fresh, with a vibrancy to the salt-tinted, chocolate-accented, red fruits in the finish.
Rod Smith – Mai 2024 – 92 pts
Very inviting chalky blue fruit aromas with some mild spices and raspberry. The oak (50% new) has not managed to suppress the sheer weight of the fruit here. Lovely silkiness of texture and depth. Fine fresh acidity and good refined extracted tannins without excess heat or alcohol. This is a terrific effort in this vintage. […]
Izak Litwar – Mai 2024 – 93-94pts
This wine exhibits abundant aromas and flavors of morello cherries and raspberries. These are complemented by velvety tannins and lively acidity. The wine displays excellent structure, subtle complexity, and perfect balance. The finish is enduring, making it a splendid wine. 93-94p.
Panos Kakaviatos – Mai 2024 – 93pts
Aging 18 months in 50% new oak, this wine has a darker tone than average with a ‘modern sheen’ reflected in more evident oak-derived tannin and ultra-ripe fruit, both dark and red, which is a good thing! I do sense some tannin extraction more than I would like but admire impressive mid palate concentration and […]
RVF – Mai 2024 – 92-93pts
Cinq cépages (cabernet franc 16,5%, cabernet-sauvignon 9%, carménère 2%, malbec 2% et une touche de petit verdot) accompagnent le merlot (70%). Un vin joliment coloré, sans saturation chromatique. Derrière le bouquet fruité, des tonalités fraiches, poivrées, végétales s’ouvrent sur un cœur de bouche à la concentration mesurée, emmenée par des tanins bien polis. Bel élan […]
Bettane & Desseauve – Mai 2024 – 94pts
Parfaite maturité des cabernet-sauvignon et des cabernets francs, finale harmonieuse. Le cru a su s’adapter au millésime.
Lisa Perrotti – Mai 2024 – 92-94pts
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 de Pressac needs a lot of patient swirling to bring out notes of redcurrant jelly and juicy plums leading to underlying hints of lilacs, pencil shavings, and fragrant earth. The medium-bodied palate is lively and soft-textured, with delicately layered, understated fruit and a perfumed, whispery finish. This is very […]
Tom Mullen – Mai 2024 – 95-96pts
A blend of Merlot/Cabernet Franc/Cabernet Sauvignon/Carménère/Malbec/Petit Verdot from rom Jean-François and Dominique Quenin comes this wine aged 18 months in new and used oak barrels and clay amphorae. Spry aromas—think tangerine tajine, orange slices pulled from sangria, strawberries and shortbread. A linear attack followed by a three course mid palate including yams, cassis, chocolate and […]