2022 Château Pindefleurs

A modern St.-Emilion with sweet wood spices, dark fruit and touches of violet extract and licorice. Juicy and well framed, with a medium to full body and a long, firm finish. It needs two or three more years in the bottle.

- Zekun Shuai (01/2025)

A split of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc coming from 17 hectares of vines on more gravelly, limestone soils, the 2022 Château Pindefleurs has beautiful aromatics of darker cherries, currants, scorched earth, and graphite, with perhaps some cedar pencil notes with air. It's medium to full-bodied, has a layered, concentrated mouthfeel, and enough tannins to keep this drinking well for 15 years. It's another best yet from this estate. (02/2025)

The 2022 Pindefleurs, 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, is deep garnet-purple in color. It delivers slightly sluggish, broody notes of tar, tobacco leaf, and Sichuan pepper, followed by a core of plum preserves and baked blackberries. The medium-bodied palate is laced with savory herbs and peppery flavors, supported by soft tannins and plenty of freshness, finishing earthy. (05/2023)

Offering up aromas of raspberries, incense, licorice and cedary oak, the 2022 Pindefleurs is medium-bodied, ample and fleshy, built around discreetly powdery tannins. It's a solid effort, built for near-term consumption. 

- William Kelley (03/2025)