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
Tertre Roteboeuf - St. Emilion 2004 (Capsule Damage) (1x1800cl)
Chateau La Confession, St. Emilion 2011 (1x75cl)
Le Petit Cheval Rouge, ST. Emillion 2011 (1x75cl)
Chateau La Fleur, St Emilion 2015 (1x75cl)
Chapelle D'Ausone, St. Emillion 2010 (1x75cl)
Chateau Troplong Mondot,St. Emilion 1998 (1x75cl)
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