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Château Berliquet ligger på den vestlige skråning af Saint-Émilion, hvor vinmarkerne gror på det kalkstensrige plateau med udsigt over Dordognefloden. Landskabet her er bølgende og grønt, gennemstrømmet af milde atlanterhavsvinde og duften af middelhavsplanter, der trives overraskende langt mod nord. Omkring vinmarkerne rejser sig gamle stengærder, håndlagt for at beskytte jorden og holde på fugten, og midt i vinens “hængende have” står den gamle mølle som et vidne om fortidens liv på stedet. Berliquet er præget af en særlig ro – et næsten toscansk skær – hvor naturen og mennesket arbejder i stille harmoni.
Ejendommen dyrkes som en levende have, hvor man værner om biodiversiteten og lader vinmarken ånde frit. Merlot og Cabernet Franc står side om side i de kalkstensholdige marker, og det er her, vinens karakter formes – intens, men med den salte friskhed, som kun denne vestvendte skråning kan give. Arbejdet i mark og kælder følger naturens rytme: høst i hånden, skånsom vinifikation og modning i de kølige kældre, hugget direkte i klippen. Berliquet forener dermed Saint-Émilions klassiske elegance med en særlig lys og aromatisk dybde – en vin, der smager af både sten, sol og havbrise.
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BEPLANTNING
Cabernet Franc & Merlot
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AREAL
10 hektar
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EJER
Château Canon / Nicolas Audebert
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A richer, darker-fruited wine than its big brother Canon, the 2022 Château Berliquet comes from slightly more clay soils and is always a bigger, broader wine, especially when compared to Canon and its neighbors on the upper plateau. It offers more currant and black cherry fruit as well as scorched earth, chocolate, and truffly aromas and flavors that gain persistence and intensity with time in the glass. These carry to a rich, full-bodied Saint-Emilion that has a beautifully layered mouthfeel, plenty of mid-palate depth, and a great finish. The level of purity and precision here is exceptional. The 2022 is 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, from a mix of clay and limestone soils on the upper plateau, that spent 16 months in 44% new French oak, with 8% in amphora. It will evolve nicely over the coming 20-25 years.
Aromatic and fresh with sandalwood and dark fruit as well as bark and mushrooms. Medium-bodied with creamy tannins and a savory finish. Juicy is the word. Very attractive now but better in three to four years.
The 2022 Berliquet offers up lovely aromas of raspberries, cherries, violets and pencil shaving, followed by a medium to full-bodied, lively and seamless palate that's dense and muscular, with rich tannin and a mineral finish. As readers will remember, this is an estate on the rise, with changes including opting to retain higher canopies, which means that the fruiting zone of rows planted along the slope are now shaded, preserving freshness.