Description
Chateau Rol Valentin 2016 Saint Emilion Grand Cru 《Terroir Collection - TF997C》
Region : Saint Emilion Grand Cru
Grapes : 90% Merlot 、10% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol : 14.5%vol
Website : http://www.vignoblesrobin.com/en/vignobles-robin/vignobles-robin/chateau-rol-valentin/
🌟Vinous:「 One of the best vintage in recent years」
🏅James Suckling 93pts
🏅Wine Advocate 92pts
🏅Vinous 91-94 pts
🏅Vivino 4.1
Château Rol Valentin is a small, 7.3-hectare (18 acre) Saint-Emilion Grand Cru estate established in the mid-1990s by former French football star, Eric Prissette. The property lies just over two kilometers (one mile) north of St-Emilion town.
The estate was later acquired by husband-and-wife team Nicolas and Alexandra Robin in 2009. It is one of five properties controlled by their company, Vignobles Robin, in the so-called "right-bank" Bordeaux region northeast of the Dordogne river, including Pomerol, Montagne-Saint-Emilion and Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux.
Château Rol Valentin itself is planted predominantly with Merlot with around 10 percent Cabernet Franc. The estate vineyards are divided in two blocks, with one area at the château comprising about 60 percent of the vines on clayey limestone soils while the remaining 40 percent lies in a parcel of sandier soil just northwest of Saint-Emilion town.
Consultant oenologist Stéphane Derenoncourt has worked with the château since 1998.
🏅James Suckling 93pts
This has attractive plum pastry and blueberries on the nose, leading to a very nicely carved palate that has fine but sturdy tannins and good depth of ripe plum and mulberry flavors.
🏅Wine Advocate 92pts
The 2016 Rol Valentin has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and offers up straight-laced, serious notions of fragrant earth, cigar box and sautéed herbs over a core of warm plums, mulberries and blueberry preserves. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is completely packed with muscular fruit, with a firm, grainy texture and loads of freshness, finishing long and berry laced.
🏅Vinous 91-94 pts
One of the standouts of the vintage, the 2016 Rol Valentin is fabulous. Rich, sumptuous and forward, with striking purity to its fruit, the 2016 shows the more opulent side of Saint-Emilion to dramatic effect. Succulent red cherry, plum, spice, chocolate, espresso, mint and rose petal race across the palate. Sumptuous and racy, but not at all heavy or overdone, the 2016 hits all the right notes. Bright floral overtones and veins of salinity add freshness throughout. This is a gorgeous and impeccably balanced wine. The 2016 was fermented in oak vat and underwent malolactic fermentation in barrel. The blend is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a terrific effort from proprietors Alexandra and Nicolas Robon and consulting winemaker Julien Lavenu.
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