2019 Château d’Aiguilhe

Description

91-93    Jeb Dunnuck
“I always love this wine. The 2019 Château D’Aiguilhe has a terrific sense of minerality and elegance yet still brings plenty of fruit. Coming from the cooler Castillon region east of Saint-Emilion, it offers a perfumed bouquet of framboise, white flowers, crushed rock, and spice. Elegant and medium-bodied, with nicely integrated acidity and a great finish, it’s going to drink brilliantly for 10-15 years.” (June 2020)

91-93    Neal Martin for Vinous
“The 2019 d’Aiguilhe was picked from 19 September to 5 October and matured in 30% new oak. This has a beautiful, very pure bouquet, demonstrating more precision than the Clos Marsalette alongside. The palate has a spring in its step with fresh red berry fruit, cedar, mint and a citric twist right on the finish. What a delicious d’Aiguilhe, even if I still cannot pronounce its name.” (June 2020)

88-90    Antonio Galloni for Vinous
“The 2019 d’Aiguilhe is classy and understated to the core. Floral and citrus notes perk up the red berry fruit nicely, adding a good bit of freshness as well as verve. Quite surprisingly for the year, d’Aiguilhe is pretty tightly wound and in no mood to show all of its cards. Even so, there is good depth and plenty of promise.” (June 2020)