Château Fleur Cardinale, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2015

75% Merlot
20% Cabernet Franc
5% Cabernet Sauvignon

100% new oak barrels for 13 months

Offering sensational notes of black cherries and currant fruits, toasty oak, graphite, and licorice, it’s medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and gorgeously pure and elegant on the palate. It has fine tannin emerging on the finish and is made in a straight, structured, classic style. Give bottles a year to two and it should drink beautifully over the following 15+. I was able to taste this wine three separate times and, surprisingly, it showed best from a bottle purchased here in the US. It has the purity of fruit that’s the hallmark of the vintage and is a gem readers should seek out.

James Suckling 96
Decanter 94
Wine Spectator 93