2025 Château Couvent de Jacobins

The 2025 Couvent des Jacobins is a rich, sumptuous wine. Inky dark fruit, chocolate, cloves, incense and sweet oak are the signatures. This fleshy, explosive Saint-Émilion is quite the extrovert. It's a soloist, not an orchestra, but very delicious just the same. Tasted two times. 
- Antonio Galloni (04/2026)

Fresh and bright, with aromas of sliced oranges, dark berries and cedar that follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a crisp and bright finish. (04/2026)

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Couvent des Jacobins jumps from the glass with exuberant notes of fresh blackberries and black plums, followed by suggestions of peonies, black pepper, and black olives with a waft of tar. The medium- to full-bodied palate is chock-full of black fruit flavors with savory undertones and plush tannins, finishing with a refreshing lift. The blend is 82% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petit Verdot. The alcohol is 14%. (04/2026)

Offering up notes of ripe cherries and cassis framed by toasty oak, the 2025 Couvent des Jacobins is medium- to full-bodied, rich and dense, with a concentrated core of fruit, plenty of structuring tannin and lively balancing acids. It's another strong performance for this 10.5-hectare Saint-Émilion property. 
- William Kelley (04/2026)