Tasted April 2023. 72% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon. Moderate intensity of bright bramble fruit and some crunchier cranberry. Iron-y, gravelly elements with grippy tannins. Approachable and juicy but balanced by an appetising, mineral-driven element in this excellent year.
Careful extraction, allowing the fresh layer of sappy tannins to support the intensely ripe fig and blacberry fruits. Short on the finish. Aged in a mix of barrels and stainless steel vats. 2nd wine of Château de Sales, 47.5ha.
The second wine of Château De Sales, the 2022 Château Chantalouette is based on 72% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, all from a larger vineyard of gravelly, iron-laced soils. This ruby-hued 2022 has a solid perfume of ripe black cherries, leafy herbs, damp earth, and graphite that carries to a medium to full-bodied, round, lush, seamless Pomerol that's perfect for drinking any time over the coming decade or more. For a second wine, it has terrific tannins and should easily be an outstanding wine.
A polished and refined 2022 with crushed stone and black olive skin. It’s medium-bodied with lovely presence and finesse. Some chocolate comes through. Yet, it’s structured at the same time. 72% merlot, 15% cabernet franc and 13% cabernet sauvignon.
The 2022 Chante Alouette emerges from select parcels within Château de Sales. A potent, driving Pomerol, Chante Alouette offers quite a bit of impact in its forward, red-toned fruit. Hopefully élevage will help soften some of the angular contours.
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