Chateau de Lamarque ~ Millesime 2019
JAMES SUCKLING: 95 POINTS
"Plenty of dark-berry, spice and sandalwood aromas follow through to a full to medium body with integrated, chewy tannins that are long and focused. Pretty finish with plenty of energy and intensity. Perhaps the best Lamarque ever. Try after 2025." November 2021
DECANTER: 92 POINTS
"On the edges of Haut-Médoc as it heads towards St Julien, this increasingly impressive estate has delivered a complex, well balanced wine in 2019 that stood out in my tastings for its well expressed cassis and bilberry notes. High levels of Petit-Verdot (among the highest in the AOC) give not just a deep colour but also an impressively spiced chocolate feel, with acidity that leads the palate upwards on the finish and imparts some clear austerity. 33% new oak. "
JEFF LEVE du WINE CELLAR INSIDER : 90-92 POINTS
"More body, depth and ripeness than usual, this wine offers freshness and fruit, along with a big, crisp juicy gulp of cassis, tobacco, cedar and earth. Full-bodied, with loads of volume and fruit, this is a perfect example of a Left Bank value wine. "
NEAL MARTIN (VINOUS): 92-94 POINTS
“The 2019 de Lamarque has a tightly wound bouquet leaning towards the red side of the fruit spectrum, touches of wild mint emerging with aeration leading to a somewhat "playful" nose. The palate is medium bodied with a very satisfyingly saline entry. This just evokes an estuary scene with oyster sheds, persistent with a tangy, graphite tinged finish. Undoubtedly one of the best de Lamarque wines that I have encountered from barrel.”
Check out Pierre-Gilles introduction on Chateau de Lamarque vintage 2019 - For UGCB youtube Channel
"Plenty of dark-berry, spice and sandalwood aromas follow through to a full to medium body with integrated, chewy tannins that are long and focused. Pretty finish with plenty of energy and intensity. Perhaps the best Lamarque ever. Try after 2025." November 2021
DECANTER: 92 POINTS
"On the edges of Haut-Médoc as it heads towards St Julien, this increasingly impressive estate has delivered a complex, well balanced wine in 2019 that stood out in my tastings for its well expressed cassis and bilberry notes. High levels of Petit-Verdot (among the highest in the AOC) give not just a deep colour but also an impressively spiced chocolate feel, with acidity that leads the palate upwards on the finish and imparts some clear austerity. 33% new oak. "
JEFF LEVE du WINE CELLAR INSIDER : 90-92 POINTS
"More body, depth and ripeness than usual, this wine offers freshness and fruit, along with a big, crisp juicy gulp of cassis, tobacco, cedar and earth. Full-bodied, with loads of volume and fruit, this is a perfect example of a Left Bank value wine. "
NEAL MARTIN (VINOUS): 92-94 POINTS
“The 2019 de Lamarque has a tightly wound bouquet leaning towards the red side of the fruit spectrum, touches of wild mint emerging with aeration leading to a somewhat "playful" nose. The palate is medium bodied with a very satisfyingly saline entry. This just evokes an estuary scene with oyster sheds, persistent with a tangy, graphite tinged finish. Undoubtedly one of the best de Lamarque wines that I have encountered from barrel.”
Check out Pierre-Gilles introduction on Chateau de Lamarque vintage 2019 - For UGCB youtube Channel
