Reignac - Bordeaux Supérieur - Grand Vin 2019
Bordeaux
Red
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Drink or Keep
93-94/100
Vert de Vin
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93/100
Yves Beck
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92/100
Vinous
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90/100
James Suckling
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1*Étoile
Hachette
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"The wines are governed by an excellent team headed by Nicolas Lesaint, a brilliant winemaker and designer to boot. The bouquet reveals itself slowly and subtly. It displays inviting fruity and spicy nuances. It's on the palate that Reignac underlines its level, which is, once again, high-flying. The tannins are compact, very fine and reach their full expression on the finish. A great success that should be waited for or decanted for at least 1 hour in its youth. A great success". (Yves Beck 2021). Don't focus on its appellation, this Bordeaux Supérieur has already beaten the greatest vintages in blind tastings!
Features
Estate
Château de Reignac
Cuvée
Grand Vin de Reignac
Vintage
2019
Designation
Bordeaux Supérieur
Region
Bordeaux
Grape varieties
67% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc
Terroirs
Best terroirs on right (clay-limestone) and left (gravel) banks
Viticulture
Integrated (disbudding, leaf thinning, green harvesting)
Harvest
Manual in small crates
Winemaking
In small stainless steel vats, temperature-controlled batch by batch and grape variety by grape variety. New: 6 small inverted truncated-cone vats from 78hl to 98hl to enable us to get closer to the realities of our terroir.
Breeding
Up to 19 months in 100% French oak barrels
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Dense violet with purple highlights
Nose
Seductive, with notes of gourmet black fruits and fine spices, accompanied by a fine touch of toasty oak.
Mouth
Structured, full-bodied, complex and long-lasting, with a lovely, long finish.
Serve
AT 17-18°C
Open
Decant 1h before serving
Drink from
2024
Drink before
2040
Food and wine pairing
The perfect accompaniment to main courses such as grilled red meats, game or mature cheeses...
Château de Reignac
Bordeaux
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (guide 2023) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)
About the domain :
Yves and Stéphanie Vatelot belong to a generation of entrepreneurs who became winegrowers some twenty years ago. They have greatly enhanced the potential of this estate, both in the vineyard and in the cellars. Advised by Michel Rolland, they produce red and white wines of exemplary quality and consistency, ranking them among the appellation's leaders.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine rated (guide 2023) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
About the wine:
Built around good fruit, pure and expressive, this red is immediately seductive. We love its structure, ripe, coated tannins, smoothness and aromatic persistence. What more could you ask for? 2022-2026
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the domain :
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine noté (guide 2023) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
Yves and Stéphanie Vatelot celebrated 30 years at the helm of Reignac this year. From the outset, the couple have invested heavily in positioning their superior Bordeaux wines at the highest level, following the advice of Michel Roland. With the arrival of director Nicolas Lesaint in 2009, the growing methods have evolved towards organic methods. This work is beginning to show in the wines, despite the still intrusive ageing process. Extractions are more precise, thanks to the six small truncated-cone vats, which are adapted to each plot of land.
Jancis Robinson
Recommended area
Vinous A. Galloni
Wine rated (guide 2021) 92/100
About the wine:
Reignac 2019 has a lovely, well-defined nose of red perennial bramble fruit, with a touch of rose petal and undergrowth. The palate is medium-bodied and classically styled, with fine tannins, lively acidity, dark fruits sprinkled with charcoal and toast on the finish. Excellent. 2024-2042
James Suckling
Rated wine (guide 2022) 90/100
Recommended area
About the wine:
Nose of plums, currants, walnuts, bark and chili chocolate. Medium- to full-bodied, with firm, chewy tannins. Structured and austere. Best in 2024.
Yves Beck
Rated wine (guide 2021 ) 93/100
About the wine:
The surface area dedicated to the Grand Vin de Reignac is 45ha. The soils are clay-gravel and clay-limestone. Planting density of 6600 vines/ha. In 2019, yields barely reached 27hl/ha. The wines are governed by an excellent team headed by Nicolas Lesaint, a brilliant winemaker and designer to boot. The bouquet reveals itself slowly and subtly. It displays inviting fruity and spicy nuances. It's on the palate that Reignac underlines its level, which is, once again, high-flying. The tannins are compact, very fine and reach their full expression on the finish. A great success that should be waited for or decanted for at least 1 hour in its youth. A great success. 2024-2039
Vert de Vin
Rated wine (guide 2022) 93-94/100 (Jonathan Choukroun Chicheportiche)
About the wine:
The nose is aromatic, with a fine grain, intensity, precision and an elegant, pretty aromatic palette. Notes of full-bodied blackberry, ripe wild strawberry and, to a lesser extent, ripe blackcurrant are combined with hints of morello cherry, violet, lily, licorice, black tea, very fine saline notes and a touch of pepper and fresh cloves. Fresh and mineral on the palate, with fatness, roundness, pulpy/tasty fruit, a fine acidic structure, a lovely tannic structure, elegance, roundness and a lovely definition. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of bright boysenberry, pulpy blueberry and, more lightly, violet, combined with hints of morello cherry, licorice, chocolate, Bourbon vanilla bean, as well as fine hints of black tea, nutmeg and a touch of roasted hazelnut. The tannins are elegant, structuring, racy and well-balanced. Good length. Nice freshness, definition and complexity.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4.3/5
out of 15 reviews
Note and review by M. MICHEL V. Published on 14/06/2024
Excellent! It's not surprising that he's ahead of great, even very great wines in a blind tasting; I had the same experience a long time ago with a "small" Bordeaux from Mr Roumage, a Château Lestrille.
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Note and review by M. XAVIER R. Published on 02/04/2024
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