Château Capbern 2022
St-Estèphe
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£149.93
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Arriving: In Stock
| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 15.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2042 |
| Grapes: 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc | |
Critic scores
90-92 RP, 91 NM, 90 AG, 94 JS, 94-96 JD, 16+ JR, 90 JA, 90 GM
Critic reviews
"Notes of dark berries and cherries mingled with licorice and loamy soil introduce the 2022 Capbern, a medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy wine framed by ripe, powdery tannins and concluding with a long, somewhat heady finish. It's a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, picked between the 6th and 27th of September."
William Kelley, April 2023, RobertParker.com
"The 2022 Capbern takes a few minutes to really coalesce on the nose. It has more red fruit than I recall compared to en primeur, with raspberry and wild strawberry scents, touches of wilted rose petal and a hint of dried blood in the background. This opens nicely with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a rounded, very harmonious opening, well-judged acidity and a judicious dab of spice toward the finish. This finishes with style, perhaps better than the aromatics at the moment. It is promising."
Neal Martin, February 2025, Vinous.com
"The 2022 Capbern is a powerful, dense wine. Black cherry, chocolate, new leather, dried herbs, licorice and gravel infuse the 2022 with notable depth and presence. This is quite an attractive Capbern. Drink it over the next handful of years."
Antonio Galloni, January 2025, Vinous.com
"Concentrated in colour and in flavour, this is one of the few big name wines this year that really does seem to have lost typicity, but no doubt impacted by the hail more than the vintage itself. Lots of spice, deep clove spice, feels lusicous in texture, but more exuberant than usual, lacks some of that old school Capbern restraint. Harvest September 6 through to 27.28hl/h yield, following hail early in the season. 60% new oak for ageing."
Jane Anson, March 2025, JaneAnson.com
"53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc. Cask sample. Firm, structured and long on the finish. Plentiful tannins but polished and round. Oak a little too manifest at present, the finish drying, but should integrate."
James Lawther, May 2023, JancisRobinson.com
William Kelley, April 2023, RobertParker.com
"The 2022 Capbern takes a few minutes to really coalesce on the nose. It has more red fruit than I recall compared to en primeur, with raspberry and wild strawberry scents, touches of wilted rose petal and a hint of dried blood in the background. This opens nicely with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a rounded, very harmonious opening, well-judged acidity and a judicious dab of spice toward the finish. This finishes with style, perhaps better than the aromatics at the moment. It is promising."
Neal Martin, February 2025, Vinous.com
"The 2022 Capbern is a powerful, dense wine. Black cherry, chocolate, new leather, dried herbs, licorice and gravel infuse the 2022 with notable depth and presence. This is quite an attractive Capbern. Drink it over the next handful of years."
Antonio Galloni, January 2025, Vinous.com
"Concentrated in colour and in flavour, this is one of the few big name wines this year that really does seem to have lost typicity, but no doubt impacted by the hail more than the vintage itself. Lots of spice, deep clove spice, feels lusicous in texture, but more exuberant than usual, lacks some of that old school Capbern restraint. Harvest September 6 through to 27.28hl/h yield, following hail early in the season. 60% new oak for ageing."
Jane Anson, March 2025, JaneAnson.com
"53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc. Cask sample. Firm, structured and long on the finish. Plentiful tannins but polished and round. Oak a little too manifest at present, the finish drying, but should integrate."
James Lawther, May 2023, JancisRobinson.com
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