Connetable Talbot - Saint-Julien 2015
Price: $45.89
| Producer | Connetable Talbot |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Saint-Julien |
| Varietal | Red Blend |
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Sku | 45758 |
Connetable Talbot Description
HISTORY
Legend relates that the name of this imposing estate originates with Connétable Talbot, a famous English warrior, defeated at the battle of Castillon in 1453. Talbot is one of the Medoc’s oldest estates, its glory never tainted. Through the years, it has been fortunate enough to remain in good hands. The owners are Nancy Bignon-Cordier and her family. They are the fourth generation of Cordiers to manage this Saint-Julien fourth Classified Growth.
Connétable Talbot appeared in the sixties; it is one of the oldest second wines of the Médoc. Over the years, it has profited from all the care given to the vineyard and the increasingly severe selections.
VINTAGE 2015
Vintage that nature created thanks to sufficient water supply on the last two years combined with an early dry summer which helped to make a stop on the growth. July finally victorious with its strength and its zenithal sun, made resistant grapes, with compact bunches after a grouped blooming around June 2nd. The thick skins could accept moderated end summer rainfalls. The rainy episode from mid-September, on our plowed soils, didn’t dilute or break the skins but only helped to bring a good juice to the grapes. The berries kept the richness of the sugar and phenolic compounds, reminding the 2010. Grapes of anthology! This year, pressings truly a concentration of good wine, are very opulent and will contribute to the long ageing character of this vintage. A vintage with terroir expression and precision in the wine profile.
TASTING NOTES
Red cherries, white pepper with hints of mint give to this wine a fresh and chewy taste with a lightly toasted hint. The mouth is full and silky with a kind of softness all along the taste which makes this wine very delicate and very approachable already. A second wine is charming and full of pleasure.
Vinous Media: 87 Points
The 2015 Connétable de Talbot is a pretty wine to drink now and over the next few years. Succulent dark cherry, new leather, licorice, smoke and exotic spice give the Connétable much of its forward personality. There is a slightly vegetal quality to the 2015 that I am not crazy about. Otherwise, this is a solid second wine from Talbot.
-- Antonio Galloni
