2022 Château Larcis-Ducasse, 1er Grand Cru Classé St-Emilion

Tasted April 2023. A brilliant vintage at Larcis Ducasse, an estate very much on the rose. Rich and opulent with blueberry fruit, as well as black cherry and blackberry. There's some soft vanilla, licorice and earthy notes too. There's also plenty of minty, chalky character that builds into a gourmand, mineral finish, and balances beautifully with the bold fruit. Exceptional.

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Wine specification

Producer
Château Larcis-Ducasse
Colour
Red Wine
Sweetness
Dry
Region & Country
Right Bank, Bordeaux, France
ABV
14.5%
Maturity
Young 2030 – 2060
Style
Still Wine

Product Description

Critic Scores

96/100 – Jane Anson, janeanson.com

08/05/2023

You feel the fingerprint of the limestone here, from a team that is never afraid of austerity in a young wine is young. It opens to show creamy black and red fruits, with steely acidity that keeps the ripeness in check. 34hl/h yield, 50% new oak and for the rest 500l casks for ageing.

98-100/100 – Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com

01/05/2023

Tasted on multiple occasions and one of the legendary wines in the making from this vintage, the 2022 Château Larcis Ducasse clocks in as 86% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Franc that's still resting in 55% new French oak. A hypothetical blend of the 2005 and 2018, it's a deep, powerful, opulent Saint-Emilion offering an incredible array of black cherries, blackberries, smoked tobacco, chocolate, and graphite-driven aromas and flavors. With a rich, full-bodied, expansive mouthfeel, it has ultra-fine tannins, beautiful symmetry in its tannins, acidity, and fruit, no hard edges, and a killer finish. I was lucky enough to taste this on four separate occasions and I thought it had the potential to be a perfect wine every time.

94-95/100 – William Kelley, Wine Advocate , Issue #266

28/04/2023

A fleshy, opulent wine, the 2022 Larcis Ducasse bursts with aromas of rich, creamy berry fruit mingled with aromas of licorice, bay leaf and spices. Full-bodied, broad and enveloping, it's a textural, layered wine with a ripe core of fruit, supple tannins and an expansive finish. More dramatic and unabashed than the 2020, this will appeal to readers who place a premium on flamboyant extravagance; but samples tasted later during my visit to Bordeaux exhibited greater freshness and precision.

98-99/100 – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

19/04/2023

This is really precise with a lazer-guided fine tannin structure throughout the wine, and juicy and electric texture. It’s so refined and polished. Endless. Wonderful young wine with a terrific future.

96-98/100 – Antonio Galloni, vinous.com

01/04/2023

The 2022 Larcis Ducasse is a huge, inky wine. A firm backbone of structure lies behind all of that opulence, yielding a wine that is both extravagantly rich and super-classic. That’s a pretty appealing combination in my book. Dark red-toned fruit, spice, leather, tobacco, incense and mocha emerge, but only with great reluctance. The 2022 is packed to the core. I don’t imagine it will be ready to drink anytime soon, but is unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage. The blend is 84% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Franc, a bit more Franc than usual, aging in equal parts 225- and 500-liter barrels. Tasted four times.