Château Prieure - Lichine 2022

Such beautiful tannins here that are refined and beautiful and bring you deep into the medium to full body. Currants and berries. Refined. 

Barrel sample. This has a dense core (with generous black fruits) and is very perfumed and ripe. The wine has a fine structure as well as an open character.

Deep ruby, opaque core, purple reflections, brightening on the rim. Fruity bouquet, ripe wild berries and cherries, fine spicy nuances, candied orange zest. Complex palate, juicy and fresh, a touch of chocolate, mineral and lasting, good length, certain ageing potential.

Offering up generous amounts of sweet berries, orange rind and licorice, the 2022 Prieuré-Lichine is medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, with a lively core of fruit that's framed by powdery tannins that assert themselves on the youthfully firm finish. This heavily morcellated estate (amounting to some 125 different parcels) continues to benefit from a more rigorous selection and better attention to detail regarding harvest dates. - William Kelley. 

The 2022 Château Prieuré-Lichine offers a pure, vibrant bouquet of red and blue fruits as well as plenty of cedarwood, tobacco, and a hint of iron. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, with nicely integrated tannins as well as outstanding overall balance, this well-made, impeccably balanced Margaux will drink nicely with just short-term cellaring. It's easily in the same ballpark quality-wise as the 2018, 2019, and 2020, all of which are beautiful wines. Tasted twice.

Fragrant and concentrated, a lovely perfume on the nose. Easy, cool, almost light fruit on the palate, doesn't have the density of some, but it's sleek and taught - streamlined and keeps the focus. Tannins are fine and well integrated and this is a slick, quite suave - if not quite exciting- take on the vintage. Well made, nice concentration and tannic impact. Tasted twice. Derenoncourt consultants.