Chāteau de Sales - Pomerol 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Chāteau de Sales
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Pomerol
Varietal	Bordeaux Blend
Vintage	2020
Sku	112904
Size	750ml

Chāteau de Sales Description

Winemaker Notes

Chateau de Sales, the first wine of the estate, embodies the complexity and refinement of its terroir. A wine to be aged, it is made from rigorously selected grapes with a majority of Merlot.

Blend: 79 % Merlot, 14 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 7 % Cabernet Franc

Critical Acclaim

JS94
James Suckling

A full and juicy red with blackberry, black olive, dark chocolate, and hazelnut aromas and flavors. Creamy, round and deliciously textured. Not a big and powerful wine but very attractive now and for the future. Seductive in so many way. Merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon.

D92
Decanter
This is pretty tasty; sappy with a ton of black fruits and some attractive biter edging - easily on the best vintages of de Sales that I have tasted. Good salinity and sap on the edges, enjoyable, not too intense with sweet black cherry fruit. A really good job from de Sales, excellent mid palate flesh, something that you don't always find in this wine. A recommended buy, easily staying up with the quality of last year. Jean Claude Berrouet consultant since 2017 for blending and winemaking. Could go up to 93 with the in-bottle tastings. Before 2017 never more than 5% was aged in new oak, now up to 18%, just to again give this a slight weight though the mid palate. No press wine at all for the first time - they felt that they had the weight and depth on the free run juice.
Barrel Sample: 92
JD92
Jeb Dunnuck

I loved the 2020 Chateau De Sales from barrel, and it's showing beautifully from bottle. Sporting a deep purple hue as well as a ripe, sexy, medium to full-bodied style, it has ripe, supple tannins, a layered, balanced mouthfeel, and classic aromatics of ripe black cherries, plums, licorice, spring flowers, and damp earth. It's another beautiful, layered, elegant Pomerol in the vintage that will benefit from 3-4 years of bottle age. Best After 2026

RP91
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

An attractive, elegantly fruit-driven Pomerol, the 2020 De Sales offers up aromas of sweet berries, dried herbs and spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, supple and seamless palate. With a core of vibrant fruit and melting tannins, this is a success for this large estate, where Jean-Claude Berrouet consults. Best After 2023