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Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion |
Colour | Red |
Type | Still |
Denis Durantou of L'Eglise Clinet makes this modestly priced cuvée from a 9 hectare parcel of 35 year old Merlot vines in Saint Etienne de Lisse. 100% Merlot.
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Ripe fruit with chocolate, spice and hints of raisins. Full body, round and juicy tannins and a flavorful finish. Really delicious. Drink now.
Saintayme 2017 is 100% merlot and has a medium to deep garnet color. It soars with delightful scents of raspberry coulis, black cherries, and warm plums, plus hints of lavender and bay leaves. Medium to full-bodied the palate is lively and refreshing with elegant black fruit layers and a fine-grained texture, finishing with a minerally lift.
This is good quality wine from Denis Durantou, but not generous - we are again on the more austere side of 2017 here. It needs some time to open and to show itself, taking a classical, intellectual approach and showing that even 100% Merlot can have walls. The fruit has a classical sway, with firm tannins that have a lovely sense of upward motion. Picked between 26 September and 6 October. The wine is matured in one-year-old barrels. 47,000 bottles produced.
Drinking Window 2025 - 2036
Deep purplish crimson. Gorgeous spicy dark-fruited nose. Savoury and a little austere in fruit on the palate but finely textured. The tannins a touch dry on the finish.
Drink 2021-2027
Fragrant and fresh the nose has a mix of fruits red fruit and black fruits the start of the palate is sweet. There is underlying freshness that balances lighter fragrant spicy at the back with a hint of sweetness on the finish. 2022-29
The nose is enticing with spice and sweet plum notes and the palate is juicy and it rushes towards the palate with enthusiasm. This is a hugely attractive Saintayme and it is bright and ripe and not too dry or tannic. The freshness of the vintage is typified in this successful wine and it will be a relatively forward incarnation of this label.
A fresh and clean wine with blackberry, blueberry and salty character. Medium body and firm and silky tannins.
Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Saintayme delivers expressive black cherries, mulberries and boysenberries scents with hints of rosehip tea, tilled soil and spice box. Medium-bodied, the palate has plenty of juicy red and black fruits with a plush texture and refreshing finish.
Made of 100% Merlot, the deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Saintayme gives gorgeous black cherries, crushed blackberries and cinnamon stick notes with hints of rose hips and lavender. The palate is medium-bodied with great elegance and freshness, textured with soft tannins and finishing perfumed.