Chateau Talbot (Futures Pre-Sale) 2020 Front Label

Chateau Talbot (Futures Pre-Sale) 2020

Bordeaux Red Blends

WE96
D95
WS95
JS94
JD93
RP92

750ML / 13.3% ABV

Other Vintages

2021

JS93
D93
V93
RP92
JD92

2019

WE96
JS95
WS95
JD93
RP93
D93

2018

JS96
WS95
D94
WE94
JD93
RP93

2017

WS93
JS93
RP91
D90
WE90

2016

WS95
JS94
D93
JD93
WE93
RP92
CG90

2015

WE94
JS94
WS92
JD91

2014

JS94
WE94
WS92
RP90
JD90
WW90

2012

WE94
JS91
RP90

2011

WE95
JS92
WS90
RP90

2010

JS94
WE93
WS91
RP91

2009

JS94
WE93
WS91
RP91

2005

WE93
JS93
WS92

2003

WS91
RP90

2001

WS90

2000

RP93
WS93
WE91

1998

W&S88
RP88

1989

WS90

1988

WS90

1982

RP94

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750ML / 13.3% ABV

Winemaker Notes

Blend: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot

Critical Acclaim

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WE 96

Wine Enthusiast

A great success from this estate, the wine has bold tannins and richly, concentrated fruit. Its blackberry flavors mingle with the dry core, promising some serious aging.
Barrel Sample: 94-96

D 95

Decanter

This is a great Talbot, a real success for the château. Subtle and deft touches throughout, from the smoked turmeric notes that lace the black fruits to the finessed aromatics that accompany the body of the wine. Balance and freshness, and a saline edge to the finish that is extremely moreish. Three years with Jean-Michel Laporte as director and he is doing great work.
Barrel Sample: 95

WS 95

Wine Spectator

Exuberant, with generous plum sauce, licorice root, blackberry compote and apple wood notes vying for attention, as graphite and cast iron accents drive along underneath. Reveals a little flash of exotic toast that snazzes up the finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot.

JS 94

James Suckling

Focused and composed with notes of currants, truffles, dried leaves, dark chocolate and graphite. It’s full-bodied, with firm, fine tannins giving sturdy support throughout. Savory and austere at the moment. Needs some time to open up. Best after 2026.

JD 93

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2020 Château Talbot is a winner and certainly an outstanding wine. Offering lots of blackcurrants, green tobacco, chocolate, and lead pencil notes, it’s a classic Saint-Julien, with medium to full body, velvety tannins, and a rounded, layered texture. It’s ripe, yet certainly plays in the fresher end of the pool and should have 15-20 years of longevity.
Barrel Sample: 91-93

RP 92

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Deep purple-black colored, the 2020 Talbot storms out of the glass with powerful blackcurrants, raspberry leaves and baked plums scents, followed by suggestions of dried Mediterranean herbs, tobacco leaf and graphite. The medium-bodied palate delivers lovely freshness and an approachable chewiness, nicely framing the herb-laced black fruits, finishing savory. Barrel Sample: 90-92

Chateau Talbot

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This imposing estate owes its name to Connetable Talbot, the English general and governor of the province of Guyenne who was defeated at the famous Battle of Castillon in 1453.

Talbot's vines grow in an ideal location bordering an estuary, on some of the region's most highly prized gravel rises which alone produce great wine. Talbot is one of the oldest estates in the Medoc, and its reputation has been in the hands of experienced managers, and always shown itself to be worthy of its inclusion in the 1855 classification.

Owners of Talbot since the early 20th century, the Cordier family have perpetuation the commitment to quality of their predecessors. At Talbot, wine is very much past, present, and future. Therefore, tradition and technical innovations both count a great deal.

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