Château CAPBERN 2022

Description

Yves Beck 92-94 points www.yvesbeck.wine

53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc

Capbern se révèle d’entrée, avec un bouquet qui met autant en valeur les nuances fruitées que le terroir tandis que l’élevage rappelle discrètement qu’il est là ! En bouche le vin affiche une puissance que l’on va qualifier d’inédite. Elle est bien canalisée et complétée par le côté tonique énergétique du vin au travers d’une touche saline et d’une acidité structurante avec, au final, même une touche végétale… mûre bien évidemment ! Année après année Capbern gagne en définition, en caractère. Je pense que c’est un des plus puissants qu’il m’a été donné de goûter.  2026-2037

Jean-Marc Quarin 94 points www.quarin.com
Couleur sombre et belle. Nez intense, fin, fruité, pur et subtil. Bouche jamais autant moelleuse, juteuse et grasse dans le toucher. Finale puissante et même complexe.

Neal Martin 90-92 www.vinous.com
The 2022 Pichon Baron is marvelous. It continues a series of vintages that have been absolutely compelling. Bright red-toned fruit, spice, rose petal and blood orange lend considerable brightness throughout. More than anything else, the 2022 impresses with its precision and magnificent balance.

Georgina Hindle 91 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022)
Smells gorgeous, rich and vibrant with dark bramble berry tones. Blackcurrant and black cherry. Quite tannic straight away, they make the impression, slightly grainy and chalky giving a wide, expansive and mouth coating feeling. Bold, but clean and clear, it has a nice crispness as well as depth with some minty, herbal liquorice, flint and clove aspects on the finish. Slightly lifted in terms of alcohol impression at the end, sticking out a touch, but overall this is quite streamlined and sleek, not plush at all but cooly concentrated with a subtly juice core. 1% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. 3.25% pH. Ageing 18 months, 60% new french oak barrels.

William Kelley 90-92 points www.erobertparker.com
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.

Jeb Dunnuck 94-96 points www.jebdunnuck.com
One of the more opulent, sexy wines in the vintage, the 2022 Château Capbern just about jumps out of the glass with its sweet red, blue, and black fruits as well as notions of chocolate, graphite, and leafy herbs. Full-bodied, concentrated, and textured on the palate, with ripe tannins, this stunning Saint-Estèphe is up there with the finest vintages I’ve tasted from this château.