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Sansonnet 2020

Sansonnet

Case Format: 6x75cl

Max score: 96.0

At just 17 hectares, Château Sansonnet is a modestly sized estate that is respected for creating an intense Merlot dominant wine, dripping in aromas of sour cherry and ripe blackcurrant. Its 7 hectares of vineyard are planted with Merlot (c.85%), Cabernet Franc (c.8%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (c.7%) and sit on a terroir of thin, shallow clay and limestone soils which comprise the Saint-Émilion plateau. The wines are aged for 16 months in 7% new French oak and amphora. Château Sansonnet has excellent ageing potential and really begins to open up after about 7-9 years of bottle maturation.

£144.00 IN BOND

Available for Immediate Delivery

CRITIC REVIEWS

94
Jane Anson

Good stuff, plenty of character, making this enjoyable right from the start. Less subdued and subtle than some but it carries it off, with brambled hawthorn-tinged fruits, with density and depth, but a limestone kick that picks things up through the finish. One to give yourself over to. A yield of 30hl/ha. The Lefevre family are also ones to watch in St-Emilion right now, with their recent investments into Villemaurine and Valandraud.

94
Georgina Hindle

Ripe, fleshy and mouthcoating, this packs a punch in terms of flavour, concentration, acidity and tannins. Everything is on show. Minty liquorice is dominant, so you get quite a lot of wood spice and bitter elements which do detract a little from the fruit, although this is a bold, brooding and characterful wine. Rich and heady. A blockbuster that just manages to stay on the right side of being too much. One to watch.

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