2022 St. Emilion is our biggest report. In fact, we tasted close to 200 2022 Saint Emilion wines! With that in mind, for ease for reading, we divided our 2022 Saint Emilion guide into three parts. This is 2022 St. Emilion Part 1, Wines A-E. For Part Two, and Part Three… 2022 Saint Emilion Pt. 1 Wines F-L and 2022 St. Emilion Pt. 3 Wines M-Z
As you can see from my tasting notes below, I am in love with the character and style found in 2022 Saint Emilion wines. At their best, the 2022 St. Emilion wines are future cellar treasures, showcasing the natural opulence, sensuality, aromatics, and elegance that fans of the appellation have come to love and appreciate. The 2022 Bordeaux vintage is characterized by the climatic conditions of the year. However, even with the hot, sunny, and dry weather, the finest 2022 Saint Emilion wines possess a vivacious, energetic character.
Yes, some wines are still made in an old-school manner with too much concentration, over-ripeness, or a heavy oak influence. But today, the trend is clearly towards producing wines with appealing freshness, refinement, and purity. This is evident after tasting the 2022 St. Emilion, a vintage that is destined to earn legendary status in the years to come. For a detailed look at the 2022 Bordeaux, the wines, the growing season, and harvest 2022 Bordeaux Vintage Detailed Analysis
2022 Saint Emilion Wine Guide
2022 Adaugusta – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Popping with its core of red fruits, and cocoa the wine is medium-bodied, forward, soft, fruity, and easy to like. The wine is going to be easy to taste on release. Drink from 2025-2034. 90 Pts
2022 Angelus – St. Émilion Grand Cru – On the palate, the wine is refined, elegant, poised, and precise. The sensation of purity is almost unequaled. Finesse and power are readily apparent, with a vibrancy that allows for length, expansiveness, and energy. There is a boatload of concentration on the palate, but the focus is on its refinement, balance, and sophistication. The refreshing touch of mint and sea salt in the finish is the perfect accompaniment to the wine’s sensuous, velvety finish. As this ages, it is a candidate for an upgrade to triple digits. The wine blends 60% Merlot with 40% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2065. 99 Pts
2022 Angelus Carillon d’ Angélus – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, elegant, silky, and fresh, the wine quickly focuses you on its sweet, ripe, cherries, spice, licorice, plums and cocoa. Forward, open, and already charming, the wine is about balance, freshness, and finesse from start to finish. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2040. 93 Pts
2022 Angelus No 3 – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Fresh, fruity, and vibrant with an inviting open character, this is already perfect for near-term enjoyment. Medium-bodied with a core of sweet, bright, and light red fruits, it is ideal for ordering in cafes and bistros. You can savor it upon release and continue to enjoy it over the next decade. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2032. 91 Pts
2022 Ausone – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Aromatically complex, it is on the palate, with its incredible levels of depth and palate-staining richness that the wine begins to show its character. Picture continuous waves of powerful, perfectly ripe, concentrated black, red, and blue fruits drizzled over a rock quarry, with accents of licorice. spice, cocoa, salt, black pepper, orange rind, and mint fill every nook, and cranny of your palate. With all this weight and heft, the wine is vibrant, lifted, and energetic, which is no small feat! The wine blends 50% Cabernet Franc with 50% Merlot. As the wine ages, I would not be surprised to see it reach triple digits, it is that good. Drink from 2030-2065. 99 Pts
2022 Ausone Chapelle d’Ausone – St. Émilion Grand Cru – At first, you experience the intense floral aromas before the espresso, black raspberries, cherries, licorice, and a variety of spices awaken the nose. Medium-bodied, creamy, lush, and fresh, with a pronounced sense of minerality, the wine envelops your palate with chocolate, mint, licorice, and black cherries, before revealing salty, crushed rocks and stones at the finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2048. 94 Pts
2022 Badette – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Oaky in the nose, so allow it some air, or time in the decanter before all of its richly textured, luscious fruits on the palate provide their layers of chocolatey plums. licorice, and black cherries on the mid-palate and finish. Yes, the wine is rich, corpulent, and hedonistic, but it is also fresh, creamy, and long. Drink from 2026-2045. 94 Pts
2022 Balestard La Tonnelle – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Espresso, licorice, smoke, cherries, and cocoa show in the nose. Lush, supple, fresh, and creamy, the black cherries with their salty chocolate in the finish hits the spot. You can enjoy this on release, or age it for more complexity. Drink from 2025-2040. 93 Pts
2022 Barde Haut – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Oceanic salts, truffles, smoke, flowers, licorice, and dark, red pit fruits show in the nose with a single swirl. The palate, with its layers of elegant, silky-textured fruits expresses a beautiful sense of purity to the fruits from the mid-palate, through to the finish. The lingering endnotes serve up ample freshness, length, and a refreshing, minty charm that entices you to take another sniff and sip, to experience it all over again. This is the best vintage of Barde Haut ever produced! Bravo!!! The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2050. 96 Pts
2022 Beau-Sejour Becot – St. Émilion Grand Cru – I loved this from the barrel, and I am even happier to report that it is even better, now that it is bottled! The perfume is ethereal, with its bouquet of flowers, red, black, and blue fruits, licorice, and spice. On the palate, this is where the wine truly shines. Rich, plush, incredibly dense, sensuous, opulent, and elegant, the wine feels weightless, making it effortless to drink. The purity in the fruit, paired with its cashmere tannins, seamless finish, and layers of fruit, topped by salty, crushed stones, hits the 60-second mark and keeps on going. The wine blends 76% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Make no mistake, this is the best wine ever produced at Beau-Sejour Becot, as well as the best deal in Bordeaux today for a 100 Pt. wine. Drink from 2028-2060. 100 Pts
2022 Beausejour Duffau Lagarrosse – St. Émilion Grand Cru – The striking perfume, with its blast of flowers, dark cherries, plums, black raspberries, espresso, and sea salt demands your attention. The palate seeks recognition for its non-stop waves of ripe, sweet, sensuously textured, dark, red pit fruits. The elegant finish, with its accents of spice, licorice, black cherry liqueur, mint, and oyster shells, crosses the 50-second mark with ease. The wine blends 69% Merlot with 31% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2060. 98 Pts
2022 Belair-Monange – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Dark in color, the wine struts its flowers, licorice, plums, espresso, spice and chocolate-covered black cherry aromatics with just a single swirl. The palate is even better with its lush, silky, vibrant, mouth-coating layers of fruits that start and seemingly keep on going long after the wine has left your glass. Nothing is out of place. Everything is balanced, harmonious, and vibrant, with intensity and purity that stands out. The wine blends 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2060. 99 Pts
2022 Bellefont-Belcier – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, orange rind, spice, espresso, and plums create the nose. On the palate, the wine displays the essence of minerality adding complexity to its layers of red, with black fruits. The wine is silky, elegant, and refined, creating the perfect backdrop for its layers of fruit, crushed rocks, and a refreshing hint of mint on the backend. The wine blends 72% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine aged in 30% new French oak barrels, 30% foudres, and used oak barrels. Drink from 2027 – 2050. 95 Pts
2022 Bellevue St. Émilion Grand Cru – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Violets, cherries, wet earth, and smoke fill the perfume’s essence. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, and seductive, finishing with silky tannins, sweet, ripe, red fruits, and a salty, chocolate note that comes in at the end of the finish. Drink from 2026-2045. 95 Pts
2022 Berliquet – St. Émilion Grand Cru – The nose, with its blend of flowers, cigar wrappers, licorice, incense, smoke, cherries, and espresso, is enticing. The palate is even better, showcasing silky-textured, salty cherries, hints of cocoa, and spices that build and linger with their refined edge. The wine blends 65% Merlot with 35% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2048. 95 Pts
2022 Bigaroux – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Forward, light, and bright, with a character that comes from strawberries, balsamic, and orange rind. Drink this soft, medium-bodied wine over the next few years. Enjoy it over the next 4-5 years of life. Drink 2025-2030. 86 Pts
2022 Boutisse – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Even better in the bottle than it was from the barrel, the wine exudes its aromatic profile with ease, deftly showing off its espresso, incense, flowers, chocolate, and plums. The palate is even better due to its luscious core of creamy black cherries, spice, and chocolate. The long, fruit-packed finish wraps up everything nicely. The wine blends 82% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Carmenere, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2040. 93 Pts
2022 Cadet Bon – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, licorice, orange rind, cocoa, and sweet, dark, red pit fruits define the wine. The medium-bodied palate is loaded with lush, polished, ripe fruits wrapped in chocolate, and espresso from start to finish. You can enjoy this wine early, for all of its sweet, luscious fruits., but a few years in the cellar will provide a lot more pleasure, and complexity. Drink from 2026-2040. 93 Pts
2022 Candale – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Espresso, chocolate, black cherries, and flowers crowd into the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is soft, fresh, vibrant, and refined, with a creamy, chocolate, and espresso edged finish. Drink from 2025-2040. 92 Pts
2022 Canon – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Aromatically, the wine pops with its floral bouquet coupled with notes of mint, crushed stones, red fruits, licorice, spice, and wild cherries. On the palate, the wine is perfectly poised with elegance, finesse, silky, freshness, sexiness, sensuality, and a tannic structure allowing the wine to age and evolve for 4-5 decades with ease. From start to finish, the fruits display a remarkable sense of purity with a salt-tinted edge in the finish. There are no hard edges. The finish is seamless. This is a beauty! Drink from 2029-2065. 99 Pts
2022 Canon Croix Canon – St. Émilion Grand Cru – You encounter flowers with a strong burst of mint before being greeted by cherries and sea salt aromas. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh, and brimming with vibrant, sweet cherries. The fruits are clean, pure, and elegant, finishing with a refreshing hint of mint. The year 2022 signifies a change here. Notably, for the first time, the blend comprises a majority of Cabernet Franc, with 59% Cabernet Franc and 41% Merlot. Drink from 2025-2040. 92 Pts
2022 Canon la Gaffeliere – St. Émilion Grand Cru – The vivid floral character directs the wine in the right direction. On the palate, the wine is equally vibrant, showcasing layers of plums, smoke, licorice, black cherries, espresso, chocolate, and mint. Its opulent, polished, and lively finish is silky and, most importantly, fresh, concluding with multiple layers of chocolate-covered plums, black cherries, espresso, crushed stones, and spices. The balance, freshness, and purity of the fruits make everything work harmoniously here. The wine blends 50% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2055. 97 Pts
2022 Cantenac – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, and cherries define the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, sweet, light, fruity, and fresh, with loads of ripe, red cherries, backed up with espresso, and cocoa, this is going to be good-to-go on release. Drink from 2025-2038. 90 Pts
2022 Cap de Mourlin – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Creamy, fresh, opulent, and lush, the medium-bodied wine is packed with deep, ripe, sweet fruits making this already a pleasure to taste for now, and for for 12-15 or more years after that. Drink from 2025-2038. 93 Pts
2022 Cap de Mourlin CM – St. Émilion Grand Cru – The new wine, and label for the estate’s second wine is quite sharp. Already accessible, the wine is creamy, fruity, forward, and charming, making it perfect for early drinking pleasure. Drink from 2025-2030. 90 Pts
2022 Capet-Guillier – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Round, lush, sweet, fruity, and polished, the wine is floral in the nose, with solid energy, and elegance on the palate, finishing with a vibrant touch of orange rind and chocolate on the mineral-driven backend. Drink from 2026-2042. 93 Pts
2022 Cardinal-Villemaurine – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Lush, fleshy, and floral, here you find a medium-bodied, forward, wine with layers of sweet, ripe, cherries, with plums and a drop of citrus and chocolate that livens everything up. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2025-2038. 91 Pts
2022 Carteau – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, ripe, sweet, red fruits with accents of licorice, espresso, chalk and chocolate, this will offer its pleasure on release. You can enjoy it for a decade or more for its supple-textured, chocolate, and red fruits. Drink from 2025-2035. 90 Pts
2022 Charoine de Balestard – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, herbal, and early-drinking, you find a nice, spice, and licorice note in the fruity finish. Drink from 2025-2029. 86 Pts
2022 Chauvin – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Everything worked well here starting with the floral perfume, and finishing with a medium-bodied wine loaded with silky-textured, black raspberries, cherries, licorice, and cocoa. This is the best vintage of Chateau Chauvin ever produced. Drink from 2026-2042. 93 Pts
2022 Cheval Blanc – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Mind-bowing in every sense of the word, this has everything you could ask for in a wine, and more! The perfume is striking with its display of flowers, black cherries, saffron, black raspberries, plums, smoke, licorice, and a background note of citrus. The sensuous palate is even better, building in intensity as the wine lingers. Silky, sexy, concentrated, and perfectly balanced, the wine is seamless. The extraordinary sense of purity in the fruit makes you take another sip just to taste it all over again. The finish sees the 60-second mark and, without a care in the world, leaving you with continuous waves of opulent fruits that linger long after the wine has left the glass. The wine is made from 53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a future legendary wine that if you can afford it, is a wine you don’t want to miss. Drink from 2028-2065. 100 Pts
2022 Cheval Blanc – Bordeaux – Flowers, lemon, lime, orange rind, honeysuckle, and fresh-cut lawn grass create the nose. The palate is refined, medium-bodied, vibrant, and a touch salty, with an elegantly-textured, lemon curd oriented in the finish. Drink from 2025-2037. 94 Pts
2022 Clos Badon Thunevin – St. Émilion Grand Cru – With some oak that still needs to meld into the wine, once past the espresso notes you find a wealth of flowers, chocolate, plums, licorice, and black cherries. From there, the wine focuses on its elegant, lush, silky-textured fruits on the palate, leaving you with spice, dark chocolate, plums and cherries on the backend. The wine blends 65% Merlot with 35% Cabernet Franc. This is the first vintage as a Classified Growth, a well-deserved status. Drink from 2025-2038. 92 Pts
2022 Clos Des Menuts L’Excellence – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, vibrant, fresh, chalky, and minty, the wine serves up its blend of red pit fruits, licorice, cocoa and spearmint with ease. The wine is produced from a parcel selection from the estate’s old vine Merlot. Drink from 2025-2037. 90 Pts
2022 Clos Dubreuil – St. Émilion Grand Cru – The wine really shines on the palate with its layers of polished, vibrant, round, fruits. While there is still oak that needs to be better integrated, the wine delivers its opulent nature with ease due to all of the deep, ripe, sweet fruits. Give it a few years in the cellar and enjoy it with ease for up to 2 decades after that. Drink from 2025-2040. 93 Pts
2022 Clos Fourtet – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Opulent, velvety, silky, and lush, this is fabulous from the very beginning. The perfume, with its notes of flowers, licorice, smoke, black cherries, blue fruits, spice, salt, and oyster shell, is spellbinding. On the palate, the wine is deep, fleshy, unctuous, and yet also light, vibrant, and energetic. Concentrated and complex, the strong mineral influence on the finish is intense and compelling. This is the first vintage where the parcels of Grandes Murailles were integrated into Clos Fourtet. The wine blends 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. This could be the best vintage of Clos Fourtet ever produced as well as a candidate for perfection as the wine ages. Drink from 2029-2060. 99 Pts
2022 Clos Fourtet La Closerie de Fourtet – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Silky, soft, and polished, this could compete with many Classified Growths in 2022. Medium-bodied, with vibrancy, supple characteristics, and freshness, the finish lingers with its mildly, salty cherries, spice, espresso, and cocoa on the back end. Forward and already open, this easy-to-drink charmer is ready to go. The wine comes from a parcel selection. Drink from 2025-2035. 92 Pts
2022 Clos Saint Julien – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Salty-edged cherries, plums, crushed stones, spice and chocolate fill the nose, and palate here. The wine has depth, concentration, and length, as well as a strong sense of minerality, and freshness that expands as it lingers. Give it a few years in the cellar and it is going to be even better. The wine blends 50% Merlot, with 50% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2047. 95 Pts
2022 Clos Saint-Vincent – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, almost light in weight, the wine is forward, and uncomplicated, with a strong, herb, and olive character. Drink from 2025-2030. 87 Pts
2022 Clos St. Martin – St. Émilion Grand Cru – In competition for the most sensuous wine in St. Emilion, this vintage is all that and more. With an intense floral display, you also find black cherries, licorice, smoke, spice, espresso, and cinnamon in the perfume. On the palate, the wine closes the deal with its silk and velvet, palate-caressing delivery of perfectly ripe black plums and sweet cherries with a chocolate edge that lingers. Drink from 2027-2045. 97 Pts
2022 Clos de Sarpe – St. Émilion Grand Cru – I like what’s going on here. Now, you find more intensity, as well as a softness in the previously strong tannins. The wine is rich, powerful, mineral-driven, and packed with multiple layers of lushly-textured fruits. Give it time to come together. It is worth the wait. This could easily age for 3 decades or perhaps longer. Drink from 2029-2055. 96 Pts
2022 Clos des Jacobins – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Packed with espresso, chocolate, and black cherries, the wine is lush, round, and creamy with loads of juicy plums, and more, creamy chocolate in the finish. Drink from 2025-2040. 93 Pts
2022 Clos-de-lOratoire – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, licorice, ocean influences, black raspberries, and black cherries pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, creamy, and mineral-driven so you find a nice touch of crushed rocks adding complexities to the mid-palate and in the finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2045. 94 Pts
2022 Corbin – St. Émilion Grand Cru – All it takes is the initial sniff, and sip before you’re hooked. If the nose, with its flowers, licorice, red pit fruits, and marine influences doesn’t move you, the palate, with its silky-freshness, creamy, sexy tannins, and perfectly ripe, sweet fruits is going to get you. The proprietor, Anabelle Cruse says this is the best vintage she has ever produced. And she is right! Bravo! The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2042 96 Pts
2022 Corbin-Michotte – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, soft, forward, and easy-drinking, the wine is fully ready to go on release, leaving you with just a hint of cocoa and black raspberries in the finish. This will be enjoyable to drink in its youth. Drink from 2025-2035. 90 Pts
2022 Cote de Baleau – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Cherries, licorice, and espresso nuances join together in the nose, and on the medium-bodied palate. The wine finishes with sweet, red fruits, crushed rocks, spices, and red pit fruits,, with just a touch of cocoa on the backend. This is going to be a pleasure to enjoy on release. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2036. 92 Pts
2022 Couvent des Jacobins – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Deep, and dark in color, and flavor, with layers of black fruits, espresso, and chocolate on the palate, as well as in the aromatic profile. The chocolatey finish is lusciously-textured, with a delicate touch of salt in the endnote. Drink from 2025-2040. 93 Pts
2022 Couvent des Jacobins Calicem – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Loads of chocolate, licorice, espresso, peppery spice, and black pit fruit aromatics are all over the place. On the palate, the wine is rich, and ripe, with layers of sweet, luscious, black, with blue fruits in the polished finish. There is still some oak needing to be resolved on the palate, which will hopefully come in time, when the wine will merit a higher score. Drink from 2027-2042. 93 Pts
2022 Croix de Beausejour – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, fresh, sweet, and fruity, with a core of light, red berries on the palate, and finish. This is perfect for early drinking pleasure while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2025-2032. 91 Pts
2022 Croix de Labrie – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Bottled black cherry liqueur is what you find here. There is a depth of flavor, seductive textures, chocolate, espresso, spice box and an array of sexy fruits that keep on going in the long finish. Hedonistic in style, if opulence is what you are looking for, your search is over. You can enjoy this young, or age it for more complexity, This is my favorite vintage ever produced here. The wine blends 84% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 6% Cabernet Franc. This is the first vintage with this much Cabernet in the blend, which added to the freshness in the mid-palate, and finish. More Cab in the future could be a good thing. Drink from 2026-2050. 96 Pts
2022 Croix de Labrie Chapelle de Labrie – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Licorice, black cherries, chocolate, and blueberries pop with little effort. The palate is rich, lush, forward, and fruity a creamy-textured finish. Drink from 2025-2035. 91 Pts
2022 Cruzeau – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, cherries, and hints of cocoa fill the nose, and the palate of this, soft, sweet, supple, medium-bodied, forward, early-drinking wine. Drink from 2025-2034. 90 Pts
2022 De Ferrand – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Anise, flowers, cherries, chocolate, and espresso notes pop in the nose with ease. Silky, soft, lush, and refined, this is a gorgeous example of elegance in the glass. With such a superb terroir, and a new team in pace, this is an estate to watch as the wines are only going to get better from here! Bravo!!! Drink from 2026-2045. 95 Pts
2022 Destieux – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Black plums, chocolate, and espresso are on display here. Lush, fleshy, creamy, and rich, this is a hedonistic styled wine that also offers energy, and length. Drink from 2025-2042. 93 Pts
2022 Du Parc – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Round, supple, forward, and fruity, with loads of ripe, fleshy, dark red fruits, spicy, espresso, and a refreshing touch of menthol that comes in at the end of the finish. Drink from 2025-2038. 90 Pts
2022 Esprit Destieu – St. Émilion – Bright, and light, with a soft, crisp entry, and a high-toned finish, you can enjoy this on release and over the next few years. Drink from 2025-2031. 85 Pts
Next, we continue our look at all of the best 2022 St. Emilion wines with 2022 Saint Emilion Pt. 2 Wines F-L and 2022 St. Emilion Pt. 3 Wines M-Z
