Bewertungen

• 97/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  "The flagship 2018 Château Soutard checks in as 61% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. It's hands down the finest wine I've tasted from this estate and offers a thrilling bouquet of cassis and black raspberry fruits as well as notes of camphor, tobacco, dried flowers, and dried rose petals. Full-bodied and flawlessly balanced, with silky tannins and that rare richness without weight character that's the hallmark of truly great wines, it's going to benefit from 3-4 years (it's brilliant even today) and have 20-25 years of prime drinking. Hats off to the team at Soutard!"

• 93-95/100

  The Wine Advocate
  "Blended of 61% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Malbec, the deep garnet-purple colored 2018 Soutard features notes of warm plums, baked blueberries and blackberry pie with hints of fragrant earth, truffles, tapenade and lavender. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has great elegance and sophistication, with plush tannins and wonderful freshness supporting the subtle fruit layers through the long finish."

• 94/100

  Decanter
  "From aromas to palate, this vintage exudes brightness and sparkle that is missing in the 2015. Ripe red and black fruits (plenty of juicy plum), crushed mint and wet stone enchant. As does the well digested oak extraction (with 10% less new oak, and one month less of oak ageing) and beguilingly fresh orange on the long finish that beckons further drinking. The first vintage where Thomas Duclos is the only consultant, and a frank success. Clearly better than the 2015, which has a similar vintage profile. Another difference with the 2015: earlier harvesting, from 20 September to 12 October, compared with 30 September to 15 October in 2015. In some ways like the 2016 but more opulent. That 82% of the harvest was used for the first wine reflects a successful vintage."

• 94/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  "From the vineyard that surrounds one of the grandest chateaux in Saint-Emilion, this wine brings richness, complexity and density. A blend that unusually includes Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, it is a structured, firm wine that emphasizes tannins as much as the black-currant fruits. It will be ready from 2026."

• 93/100

  Falstaff
  "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Zart tabakig unterlegtes schwarzes Waldbeerkonfit, Nuancen von Kirschen und Brombeeren, zart nach Orangenzesten. Saftig, reife Herzkirschen, etwas Nougat, runde Tannine frischer Abgang, trinkanimierender, lebendiger Stil."

• 93/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  "Showing much better in bottle than in barrel, the wine is medium/full-bodied, soft, silky, elegant and fresh. The fruit is sweet, pure, refined, long and lifted, with good length and vibrancy in the finish. The wine is a blend of 61% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Malbec."

• 92/100

  James Suckling
  "Plums and light prunes with conifer and nuts on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with round, creamy tannins and a juicy finish. Drink after 2023."

• 92/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  "The 2018 Soutard is deep garnet-purple in color. It offers vibrant scents of blueberry preserves and baked blackberries, with hints of underbrush, violets, and cedar. Full-bodied, the palate has firm, ripe, rounded tannins and a nice, refreshing backbone, with a long and earthy finish."