Château Le Prieuré St Emilion Grand Cru 2022
Retains a limestone fingerprint in terms of its texture, its sappy black fruits, and its ocean spray salinity on the signoff. trace of heat here but this is a delicious wine. 30% new oak for ageing. Harvest September 13 to 26. 40hl/h yields, the highest across the Calon Ségur portfolio of five estates, on limestone soils, south facing, 6ha extra this vintage from Ch Malineau that they bought in 2021, slightly different soils (colluvial) so that stopped the classification in 2022.
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