Château Gloria
St-Julien 2015
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£175.00
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Style: Red | Drink from: 2020 |
ABV: 13.5% | Drink to: 2035 |
Packaging: OWC | Stock arriving: December 2024 |
Critic scores
91 RP, 93 NM, 91 AG, 94 JS, 92 LPB, 16.5 JR, 95 JA, 95 TA, 93 WS
Critic reviews
"A notable success in the vintage, the 2015 Gloria exhibits aromas of sweet dark berries, cigar wrapper and loamy soil, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy palate. Impressively concentrated and seamless, it's built around ripe, powdery tannins that are so supple that the wine can already be approached with pleasure."
William Kelley, October 2022, RobertParker.com
"The 2015 Gloria is another Saint-Julien that has improved over the last 12 months. It has a bolder and more exuberant bouquet than some of its peers, featuring lush blackberry and blueberry fruit and revealing a touch of iodine and crushed violet with aeration. The medium-bodied palate displays supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity and very pure fruit intensity (black cherries, bilberry and boysenberry), although it clams shut toward the finish. Slightly more modern in style than its peers, this should still age with style. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting."
Neal Martin, January 2019, Vinous.com
"The 2015 Gloria is even better than it was from barrel. Dark, voluptuous and intense, the 2015 hits all the right notes. Black cherry, plum, spice, gravel, tobacco and cedar give the wine much of its complexity and nuance. Gloria is one of the very finest values readers will come across in Bordeaux. Tasted two times."
Antonio Galloni, December 2017, Vinous.com
"This style of vintage really suits Gloria, with its cheerful, exuberant character, silky tannins and clear power. You'll find plenty of precision and bite through the blueberry and cassis fruits, excellent quality, bright, bristling and full of life. The signature of St Julien comes through, and this is softly spoken but with quiet confidence, layering on slate and gunsmoke edges on the finish. 40% new oak, harvest September 21 to October 7. Remi di Constanzo technical director."
Jane Anson, November 2022, JaneAnson.com
"Tasted blind. Lustrous dark garnet. Sweet ink on the nose. Easy to like but not the most classical. Rather confected or put together. Messy finish but certainly expresses the vintage. GV? "
Jancis Robinson, January 2019, JancisRobinson.com
William Kelley, October 2022, RobertParker.com
"The 2015 Gloria is another Saint-Julien that has improved over the last 12 months. It has a bolder and more exuberant bouquet than some of its peers, featuring lush blackberry and blueberry fruit and revealing a touch of iodine and crushed violet with aeration. The medium-bodied palate displays supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity and very pure fruit intensity (black cherries, bilberry and boysenberry), although it clams shut toward the finish. Slightly more modern in style than its peers, this should still age with style. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting."
Neal Martin, January 2019, Vinous.com
"The 2015 Gloria is even better than it was from barrel. Dark, voluptuous and intense, the 2015 hits all the right notes. Black cherry, plum, spice, gravel, tobacco and cedar give the wine much of its complexity and nuance. Gloria is one of the very finest values readers will come across in Bordeaux. Tasted two times."
Antonio Galloni, December 2017, Vinous.com
"This style of vintage really suits Gloria, with its cheerful, exuberant character, silky tannins and clear power. You'll find plenty of precision and bite through the blueberry and cassis fruits, excellent quality, bright, bristling and full of life. The signature of St Julien comes through, and this is softly spoken but with quiet confidence, layering on slate and gunsmoke edges on the finish. 40% new oak, harvest September 21 to October 7. Remi di Constanzo technical director."
Jane Anson, November 2022, JaneAnson.com
"Tasted blind. Lustrous dark garnet. Sweet ink on the nose. Easy to like but not the most classical. Rather confected or put together. Messy finish but certainly expresses the vintage. GV? "
Jancis Robinson, January 2019, JancisRobinson.com
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