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 | 2018 Ch. Meyney - Saint Estèphe | € 30,00 (€ 36,30) |
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Meyney 2018 is een dark horse, excellent en onderschat. Ondanks het gebrek aan klassement in 1855 en bescheiden prijs, bezit Meyney een gelijkaardig terroir als dat van Montrose. In blinde proeverijen worden beide wijnen zelfs geregeld verwisseld. Nu ook? We proeven: de neus is voorlopig discreet. Ontzagwekkende ampleur bouwt op in de mond en de totale indruk blijft naadloos, genoegzaam en fris. Houdt u van intensiteit? Meyney deelt het ruimschoots en koestert fijne precisie en spannende lengte. “Tout ce qu’il faut” en zelfs méér. We vermoeden dat deze sombere Meyney 2018 stratosferisch potentieel in zich draagt. Hubert de Boüard van Angélus is de consulent aan huis. 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot en 18% Petit Verdot. 35% nieuwe eik. IN DE PERS 93 Antonio Galloni - vinous.com (April 2021) The 2018 Meyney is every bit as impressive as it was en primeur. Technical Director Anne Le Naour has done a terrific job in reining in some of the excess weight and power of previous vintages, but without sacrificing richness. Classy and layered, Meyney boasts fabulous depth and tons of character. Ripe red/purplish fruit, spice, blood orange, smoke and incense are some of the many aromas and flavors that mesh together. The 2018 offers striking immediacy, but also has enough structure to develop well in bottle for 15-20 years, maybe more. The 2018 Meyney is a wine of immense pleasure. Best of all, it is a tremendous value. Drink 2023-2043. 91-94 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (April 2019) The 2018 Meyney is powerful, dense and super-expressive. Gravel, game, scorched earth, smoke, licorice, incense and spice infuse this potent, virile Saint-Estèphe. The fruit profile and oak integration point to a transition towards a less extracted style. Even so, there is plenty of the richness readers have come to expect from Meyney. Tasted two times. 95-96 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (April 2019) A very dense yet tight and focused red with blackcurrants, blackberries and hints of spices and walnuts. Full-bodied, very compact and long. Intense finish. 94 Jane Anson – decanter.com (April 2019) It's clear that this is hugely concentrated, as is the Montrose right next door, but there's also beautiful juice and freshness underneath the black fruits and the powerful grip. Tannins, acidity and fruit: it's all there. This is great quality and should be long-lived, with a rich palate, evenly balanced and austere in all the right places. Another good vintage at this increasingly impressive property. Drinking Window 2024 - 2040 89-91+ Lisa Perrotti-Brown – roberparker.com (April 2019) The deep garnet-purple colored 2018 Meyney gives up blackcurrants, black berries and plums on the nose with earth and spices plus fried herbs and lots of oak. The big, full-bodied palate has some promising fruit but is a bit hard and oaky. 90-93 James Molesworth – winespectator.com (April 2019) Pure and direct, featuring damson plum and cherry fruit flavors streaming through, laced with tobacco and chalk notes. Good streamlined finish. 16/20 Julia Harding – jancisrobinson.com (April 2019) Barrel sample. Black core with deep purple rim. Very oaky on the nose, sweetly toasty as a counterpoint to stony, dark fruit. The oak really dominates the palate, the tannins thereby thickened, like thick chocolate. Chewy finish but it does have enough freshness. (JH) Drink 2025-2035 91 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Maart 2021) The 2018 Meyney has opened up slightly on the nose since I tasted it from barrel, gradually revealing attractive scents of brambly black fruit, raspberry, Indian ink and hints of sage and clove. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins, well-judged acidity and plenty of graphite toward the finish, which just needs to develop more precision. This feels a bit blocky at the moment, but I am sure it will eventually come round. Drink 2023-2040. 91-93 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Oktober 2019) The 2018 Meyney is very closed and backward on the nose, possibly due to the oak becoming more prominent at this stage during its élevage. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, fresh in the mouth with a linear, tobacco and graphite tinged finish. All the component parts are here, but its very tight and I am sure it will need several years in bottle. Could this be the best value in the appellation this year? I'll leave it to tussle out with Lafon-Rochet. Drink 2023-2040. 17,5/20 Bettane & Desseauve 93 Jean-Marc Quarin – quarin.com (April 2019) 17-18/20 Revue des Vins de France – rvf.com (April 2019) 93-95 Jeff Leve – winecellarinsider.com (April 2019) 16,5-17/20 Le Point (April 2019) MeyneyChâteau Meyney is één van de oudste wijndomeinen van de Médoc en bestaat uit één blok van 51 hectare op de oevers van de Gironde nabij Montrose. De wijngaard is aangeplant met 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot en 10% Petit Verdot. Deze laatste cépage is een zeldzaamheid in Saint Estèphe. Even zeldzaam is de bodemsamenstelling die dimensie geeft aan deze bewaarwijnen: in de bodem van graves silicieuses loopt een ader van blauwe klei op 2,6 meter diepte en 3m breed. Het is hiermee eigenlijk een eersterangsterroir. Het zijn onderschatte, maar prachtige, stevige en kordate Saint Estèphes. De eerste wijnstokken werden aangeplant in 1662 door les Pères Feuillants. Sinds 2004 is Crédit Agricole eigenaar. Onder toezicht van de directrice Anne Le Naour en consulent Hubert de Boüard de Laforest van Angélus kent Château Meyney een ware heropstanding. |