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 Magdelaine 2006 (1x150cl)
Chateau Magdelaine 2006 (1x75cl)
Chateau Magdelaine 2007 (1x75cl)
Chateau Magdelaine 2009 (1x75cl)
Chateau Magdelaine 2010 (1x75cl)
CHATEAU LASSEGUE 2008 Double Magnum (1x300cl)
Chateau Daugay 2018 (1x37.5cl)
Chateau Daugay 2006 (1x75cl)
Chateau Daugay 2008 (1x75cl)
Chateau Corbin Michotte 1964 (1x75cl)
Chateau Corbin Michotte 2009 (1x75cl)
Chateau Corbin Michotte 2010 (1x75cl)
Chateau Millon Caprice de Millon, Saint-Emillion 2022 (1x75cl)
Chateau Millon, Saint-Emilion 2019 (1x75cl)
Chateau Millon Clos de la Cure, Saint-Emilion 2020 (1x75cl)
Chateau Ausone, St Emilion Grand Cru 2012 (1x75cl)
Chateau Cantenac, St Emilion Grand Cru 2019 (1x75cl)
Chateau Chauvin, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2015 (1x75cl)
Chateau Haut Simard, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2015 (1x75cl)
Chateau Lassegue, St Emilion Grand Cru 2005 (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot,St. Emilion 2020 (1x75cl)
La Mondotte 2020 (1x75cl)
Odyssee 2020 (1x75cl)
Chateau Canon 2019 (1x75cl)
Chateau Canon 2021 (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot,St. Emilion 2021 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Confession,St. Emilion 2021 (1x75cl)
Chateau Cherubin Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2011 (1x75cl)
Chateau Grand Mayne 1999 (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot 1979 (1x75cl)
B.P.R. Reserve Mouton Cadet St Emilion 2020 (1x75cl)
DOMAINES BARONS DE ROTHSCHILD [LAFITE] Saga R St. Emilion (Merlot, Cabernet Franc) 2019 (1x75cl)
Chateau Castelot Aoc St Emilion Grand Cru 2014 (1x75cl)
Chateau Haut Sarpe Aoc St Emilion Grand Cru 2013 (1x75cl)
Chateau Vieux Sarpe Aoc St Emilion Grand Cru 2011 (1x75cl)
Chateau Petit Mangot Cuvee La Fleur Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2020 (1x75cl)
Troplong Mondot - St. Emilion 2012 (1x150cl)
Le Dragon de Quintus - St. Emilion 2015 (1x150cl)
Quintus - St. Emilion 2014 (1x75cl)
Pavie Decesse - St. Emilion 1998 (1x75cl)
La Gaffeliere - St. Emilion 2022 (1x75cl)
Figeac - St. Emilion 2019 (1x75cl)
Figeac - St. Emilion 2017 (1x75cl)
Figeac - St. Emilion 2016 (1x75cl)
Figeac - St. Emilion 2014 (1x75cl)
Figeac - St. Emilion 1999 (1x75cl)
Cheval Blanc - St. Emilion 2018 (1x75cl)
Cheval Blanc - St. Emilion 1979 (1x75cl)
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