2021 Ch Barde-Haut, St-Émilion, Grand Cru Classé
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DUE OCT 2024
The 2021 Barde-Haut is a relatively soft wine for this site in Saint-Emilion’s lawns Saintt Christophe de Bardes sector but there's good depth and plenty of resonance. Rose petal lavender and spice meld into a core of red purplish berry fruit all the elements are very nicely balanced. Specifically the oak imprint is not as present as in previous years and that's a good thing. The 2021 is beautifully done from start to finish it's a terrific effort from Helene Garcin in and Patrice Leveque.
92-94 points AG vinous.com
One of the more structured wines from this talented family, the 2021 Château Barde-Haut offers a beautiful perfume of both red and blue fruits as well as lots of minerality, chocolate, and graphite. It has medium-bodied richness, some chalky tannins, terrific balance, and a great finish. Based on 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, brought up in 50% new French oak, it's unquestionably going to be an outstanding Saint-Emilion that will have 15 years of prime drinking.
91-92+ points Jeb Dunnuck jebdunnuck.com
This 17-hectare amphitheater of a vineyard has produced a successful 2021 Barde-Haut, offering up aromas of sweet berries, cherries and plums framed by a creamy patina of new oak. Medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, with tangy acids and a generous endowment of powdery structuring tannins, it's a blend of more or less 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc (the latter increasingly deriving from massale selections taken at Clos l'Eglise).
Located in the east of Saint-Émilion, beyond Trottevieille, the Garçin-Léveque family's Barde-Haut occupies a 17-hectare amphitheater of vineyards, planted with around 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Farming is pragmatic, with cultivated soils, and the vineyards have been restructured, incorporating massale selections of Cabernet Franc from Clos l'Eglise in Pomerol.
91-93 points William Kelley robertparker.com
Brightness and freshness here, with light orange-peel, blackcurrant and earth, Lots of flowers, too. Medium-bodied, refined and very pretty. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc.
93-94 points jamessuckling.com
Chateau Barde Haut was purchased in September 2000 by Sylviane Garcin-Cathiard whose family own properties in Bordeax and whose also related to Chateau Smith haut lafite's Florence and Daniel Cathiard.
The new Barde-Haut is planted to 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc. Most of the vineyard is on well-drained, hillside, beautiful, slope. The vines are on average 35 years old.
The best vintages of Chateau Barde Haut are:2019,2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2001 and 2000.
Malolactic fermentation and maturation is performed in French oak barrels, mostly new. The wine is aged on its lees for a portion of time, during the barrel aging process. The wine is aged in 80% to 100% new oak barrels for about 18 months. The amount of new oak varies, depending on the vintage.
| Product/Service Sold Out | Yes |
|---|---|
| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Wine Style | Traditional |
| Country | France |
| Region | St. Emilion |
| Varietals | Merlot, Cabernet Franc |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 93-94 |
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