Saint Emillion
Saint-Émilion
The best-known appellation of Bordeaux's right bank, on the limestone plateau and clay slopes east of the Dordogne. Where the Médoc is Cabernet Sauvignon, Saint-Émilion is Merlot, usually with Cabernet Franc alongside it.
The classification
Saint-Émilion runs its own classification and revises it roughly every decade — unlike the Médoc's 1855 list, which has barely moved in 170 years. At the top sit the Premiers Grands Crus Classés; below them the Grands Crus Classés; and beneath those a very large number of estates entitled to write Grand Cru on the label without being classified at all. That last point catches buyers out: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is an appellation, not a ranking.
What to expect
Merlot ripens earlier and gives softer tannin than Cabernet Sauvignon, so right-bank Bordeaux is generally rounder young and approachable sooner than left-bank. That does not make it short-lived — the limestone-plateau estates age as long as anything in the Médoc — but it does mean a ten-year-old Saint-Émilion is usually ready while its Pauillac counterpart is not.
Serving
16–18°C, decanted. Unclassified Grand Cru bottles are usually drinking on release; classified estates want five to ten years.
Filters
Chateau Laniote 2012, St. Emillon (1x75cl)
Aromes De Pavie 2015 (1x75cl)
Chateau Grand Pontet 2014 (1x75cl)
Chateau Fombrauge 2014 (1x75cl)
Chateau Fombrauge 2013 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Fleur, St Emilion 2011 (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot 2011 (1x75cl)
Chateau Laroze 2013 (1x75cl)
Le Dragon De Quintus 2014 (1x75cl)
Chateau Laroze 2015 (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot 2013 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Gaffeliere 2005, St. Emilion (1x75cl)
Chateau Laroze 2012 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Confession 2013, St. Emilion (1x75cl)
Chateau La Fleur, St Emilion 2013 (1x75cl)
Le Dragon De Quintus 2013 (1x75cl)
Carillon De L'Angelus St. Emillion 2016 (1x75cl)
Le Dragon De Quintus 2012 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Gaffeliere 2011, St. Emilion (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot 2009 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Fleur, St Emilion 2010 (1x75cl)
Chapelle D'Ausone 2012 (1x75cl)
Chateau Barde-Haut 2009 (1x75cl)
Le Petit Cheval Rouge, ST. Emillion 2010 (1x75cl)
Chateau Quintus 2014 (1x75cl)
Chateau Pavie Macquin, St Emilion 2012 (1x75cl)
Chateau Canon Grand Cru 1995 (1x75cl)
Le Petit Cheval Rouge, St. Emillion 2012 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Tour Figeac 2014 (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot 2014 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Gaffeliere 2008, St. Emilion (1x75cl)
Le Petit Cheval Rouge 2014 (1x75cl)
L'IF Saint-Emilion 2011 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Gaffeliere 2014, St. Emilion (1x75cl)
Chateau La Fleur, St Emilion 2008 (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot 2002 (1x75cl)
Chateau Barde-Haut 1998 (1x75cl)
Chateau Laroze, St. Emilion 2019 (1x75cl)
Chateau Laroze, St. Emilion 2014 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Gaffeliere 2012, St. Emilion (1x75cl)
Chateau La Fleur, St Emilion 2009 (1x75cl)
Chateau Canon 2015 (1x75cl)
Chateau Canon 2010 (1x75cl)
Chateau Haut Brisson 2018 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Fleur, St Emilion 2007 (1x75cl)
Chateau Trimoulet, St. Emillon 2007 (1x75cl)
Clos de La Gaffeliere 2001, St. Emilion (1x75cl)
Chateau Monbousquet 2006 (1x75cl)
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