Farr Vintners Logo

Berliquet 2008

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot/Cabernet Franc

View all vintages of this wine | View all wines by Château Berliquet

Label

Tasting Notes

A delicious, evolved effort, the 2008 reveals notes of fruitcake, roasted herbs and underbrush. Good fruit, medium body, an easy-going texture and a soft finish suggest it will provide pleasure over the next 8-10 years.

87
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (194), May 2011

Licorice and flowers, with black fruits on the nose. Full-bodied, with a very succulent and savory finish of meat, berry and aniseed. Subtle. 40 percent Cabernet Franc, 60 percent Merlot. Represents a huge improvement. Under the guidance now of winemaker Stéphane Derenoncourt

89/92
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, April 2009

Sweet and fragrant and transparent with lots of polish and ripe tannins almost submerged in crunchy black fruit flavours. Sufficient acidity. An appetising package. Dry finish. Good integrity. Appetising.

17
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2009

Yields were moderate for St.-Emilion, 34 hectoliters per hectare, and the wine came in with 14% natural alcohol. While very good, when evaluated in the company of some other remarkable St.-Emilions, it did not sing to the extent I thought it might. A dark ruby/purple color, slightly superficial red and black fruits, and plenty of minerality characterize this medium-bodied, cleanly-made 2008. It should drink well for 10-12 years.This is the first vintage where two talented wine consultants, Nicolas Thienpont and Stephane Derenoncourt, worked with this property, situated on a south/southwest facing slope not far from Angelus.

87/88
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (182), April 2009
Please note that these tasting notes/scores are not intended to be exhaustive and in some cases they may not be the most recently published figures. However, we always do our best to add latest scores and reviews when these come to our attention. We advise customers who wish to purchase wines based simply on critical reviews to carry out further research into the latest reports.