Blend: 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot
TASTING NOTES:
Juicy, forward, bright and vibrant this has a great energy straight away, crisp and tannic, but well integrated so you get almost a bouncy palate with flint edges giving minerality and acidity providing the lift. Feels detailed and precise, lovely definition to the overall frame and this carries to a long finish. Impressive, I like the strength and the focus and it doesn't feel overripe or too extracted. So much to like about this wine with subtle liquorice, mint and crushed stone aspects. This will be excellent.
Barrel Sample: 95
- Decanter, 95 pts.
Very perfumed with blackberry, violet and ink character following through to a medium body and extremely integrated tannins that are lightly chewy and really long. I am impressed with its cool nature and quality phenolics. A blend of 57% cabernet sauvignon, 39% merlot and 4% petit verdot. Some of the cabernet and merlot are co-fermented.
- James Suckling, 94 pts.
The 2022 Château Belgrave is juicy and upfront, with bright cherry and plum fruit as well as some sappy, floral nuances. Playing in the medium-bodied range of the spectrum, it's balanced, has nicely integrated acidity, fine tannins, and a great finish,The blend is 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot, raised in 25% new oak.
- Jeb Dunnuck, 90 pts.
The 2022 Belgrave offers a delicate, complex bouquet of cassis, mulberries, licorice and spices mingled with menthol notes. Medium to full-bodied, harmonious and round, it has a fleshy core of fruit, velvety tannins and a long, delicate finish. This is a real success at this address.
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 90 pts.
The 2022 Belgrave has an attractive, refined and focused nose with a pencil box-infused black fruit aroma. The palate is medium-bodied with a fleshy opening and fine acidity. It’s not complex per se, yet it boasts plenty of freshness on the finish, plus the sapidity to urge another sip.
- Vinous, 90 pts.
Ripe and sleek, with delicious boysenberry and black cherry puree notes gilded with ink and iris accents. There's a nice tug of tarry earth at the tail end. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2031. 16,666 cases made, 450 cases imported.
- Wine Spectator, 90 pts.
