Chateau de Pressac 2018

Professional Ratings

• 94 Jeb Dunnuck

  The 2018 Château De Pressac showed beautifully, with a rich, medium to full-bodied, incredibly elegant style that carries lots of darker berry fruits as well as chocolate, earth, bouquet garni, and tobacco. I love its texture, the purity of fruit is spot on, it has integrated tannins, and a great finish. I suspect this will go down as one of the all-time greats from this estate. Give bottles 2-4 years and enjoy over the following 15-20 years. The blend is 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, all brought up in 50% new French oak.

• 93 James Suckling

  Dried currants, blueberries, lavender, walnuts and sweet tobacco on the nose. It’s medium-to-full bodied with firm, silky tannins. Crushed stone, too. Elegant and flavorful. Try from 2024.

• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 de Pressac prances out of the glass with cheery scents of Morello cherries, black raspberries and plum preserves, plus suggestions of chocolate mint, licorice and unsmoked cigars. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers loads of energetic black, blue and red fruit layers, framed by grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and mineral laced. It's approachable now yet has the stuffing to cellar for 15 years or more.

• 92 Decanter

  A good vintage for Pressac, in a cooler corner of St-Emilion that has held its own in this hot vintage. Some lovely dried rosemary and sage herbs, along with white pepper, raspberry and black cherry fruits, set against well-brushed tannins. 2% Malbec and 1% Carmenère complete the blend, with ageing in 50% new oak. Drinking Window 2024 - 2040