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Saintayme
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2023
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
On the floral side of the style range, the wine also displays cocoa, cherry, herbs, spices, and walnuts. The palate is medium-bodied, with soft, silky and vibrant, red plums, cherries, and chocolate in the finish. This will be ready-to-go on release and age for more than a decade after that. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot, 14.6% ABV. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 2,228 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, and flowers, with licorice and cocoa nuances are found on the nose, and palate. Medium-bodied, with a core of lusciously-textured, plums and chocolate, here, the vibrancy and elegance in the fruits really stand out, giving you a nice freshness to the sweet fruits from the mid-palate through to the finish. This will be ready-to-go on release. Made from 100% Merlot, 14.4% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2025-2038. 91-93 Pts. 4,169 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied with a focus on its sweetness, elegance and freshness. The wine quickly focuses you on its cherry profile with an edge of chocolate, touch of spice and a glimpse of licorice on the backend. The wine is made from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2024-2035. 1,329 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Flowers and cherries with wet-earthy nuances are all over the place here. Medium-bodied, and fresh with bright, red berries and touches of spice on the mid-palate and in the finish. This will be ready-to-go on release. Made from 100% Merlot, 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2023-2035. 89-91 2,885 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
This is the finest vintage of Saintayme I have ever tasted. Medium-bodied, finesse styled, elegant, fresh and vibrant, produced from 100% Merlot, the wine is all about showing off its sweet, red, earthy pit fruits, flowers, smoke, truffle and plums in the nose, palate and elegant finish. Drink from 2023-2038. 3,495 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Medium-bodied, focusing on its freshness, approachability and ripe, sweet fruits, the wine offers wet earth, flowers, red berries, oak and a soft, sweet, silky, fresh, palate presence. Made from 100% Merlot, there is a lot of charm and early drinking character here. 90-92 Pts 4,795 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2019
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, vanilla, cherries, plums and earth show up easily on the nose. Soft and silky, fresh and forward, this is going to offer beautiful drinking on release. Drink from 2022-2032. 2,651 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Floral, earthy and smoky, with the addition of licorice and vanilla, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, sweet and juicy, with layers of ripe, dark plums, cherries and cocoa. Soft and silky, with richness and approachability, this 100% Merlot wine lingers with all its freshness and fruit in the finish. 90-92 Pts 6,170 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh and floral, with brightness and lift to the sweet red pit fruits on the nose and palate. The red fruits carry through to the finish with tobacco leaf and spice tones. The wine is always made from 100% Merlot. Give it a few years of age and it will be even better. 3,186 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Luscious plum and licorice form the core of the wine. It is medium bodied, fresh, ripe, forward and easy to like with all its elegant, red cherry and plum charms. The wine is always made from 100% Merlot. Give it a few years of age and it will be even better. 89-91 Pts 4,012 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2017
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Red fruits with a hint of earth and citrus on the front end. In the middle, you have a medium-bodied palate that offers spicy, red fruits, cocoa and another dash of that entertaining citrus in the finish. This forward wine was produced with 100% Merlot. You can enjoy this early in life. 3,448 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Much better from the bottle than in barrel, the wine is round, soft, fruity and fresh an earthy, truffle, licorice, cocoa, smoke and plum character. This is quite nice and it sells for a song. 2,759 Views Tasted Sep 17, 2020Made by Denis Durantou and produced from 100% Merlot, the wine offers a sweet, juicy, straight ahead plum and licorice nose. An early drinker with more depth and sweetness than normally found at Saintayme, there is a dusty, easy to like finish. 3,663 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Produced from 100% Merlot, this Denis Durantou wine delivers licorice and black cherry notes with round textures and a supple, forward, medium-bodied, charming quality. This will provide nice, early drinking pleasure. 4,906 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2014
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Produced from 100% Merlot, this wine, made by Denis Durantou, offers an easy drinking, soft, round, open style with black cherry, licorice and chocolate in the end note. Drinkable on release. 87-89 Pts 2,895 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
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2013
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
From 100% Merlot, the medium-bodied, spicy, red berry wine is an early-drinking, well-priced quaffer that is perfect for restaurants. 84-86 pts. 2,542 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2014 |
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2012
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
From 100% Merlot, aged in 30% new French oak, the wine is focused on cherries, black raspberry, stone and spice, ending with sweet, dark red berries and black cherry notes. 87-89 Pts 2,330 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2011
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
From 100% Merlot planted on limestone and gravel soils and managed by Denis Durantou, this medium-bodied, round-textured wine ends with spicy, bright cherries. 85-87 Pts 2,460 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2012 |
