CHATEAU PRIEURE-LICHINE 4eme Grand Cru Classe Margaux 2022 Bottle

Description

Scoring an impressive 96 points from James Suckling, the 2022 Prieuré-Lichine reveals an engaging bouquet of vivid violets, citrus blossoms, and other flowers. Its medium- to full-bodied profile boasts ultrafine, polished tannins that provide a luxurious cashmere texture, culminating in a long and seductive finish. Decanter and Wine Enthusiast each awarded 93 points, noting the wine's fragrant concentration and fresh, cool fruit character. This wine is sleek, well-integrated, and demonstrates nice concentration. Vinous praises its plush, open-knit allure with layers of crushed flowers and bright red fruit. Meanwhile, The Wine Advocate highlights its generous sweet berries and lively core, framing a firm finish. This exceptional vintage promises to shine from 2028 onwards.

*****

JAMES SUCKLING 96 Points
This is really something for the Prieure. The aromas are vivid and bright and so, so perfumed. Violets, other flowers and citrus blossoms too. Medium- to full-bodied with ultrafine polished tannins that go on and on. Cashmere texture. Long and seductive. Best after 2029.

DECANTER 93 points
Drinking Window: 2028 - 2045 - 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. - Georgina Hindle Apr 23

WINE ENTHUSIAST 93 points
The estate, in the village of Cantenac, is now performing well. This new release is full of fresh fruits, mingling with dark tannins. The black fruit aroma is immediately attractive. Drink the wine from 2028. — Roger Voss

VINOUS 93 points
The 2022 Prieuré-Lichine is plush, open-knit and quite seductive, as it so often is. Crushed flowers, spice, mint, orange peel and bright, red-toned fruit are all laced together. Silky and medium in body, with lovely finesse, Prieuré-Lichine is quite the charmer. I imagine it will drink well with minimal cellaring. - Antonio Galloni

THE WINE ADVOCATE 91-93 points
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.

JANCIS ROBINSON 16.5 points
Lustrous crimson with a slightly bitter, over-extracted note on the end. But dramatically intense, sweet fruit in the middle. (JR)