Caractéristiques
- Pays:
- France
- Région:
- Bordeaux
- Appellation précise:
- Saint-Julien
- Millésime:
- 2018
- Couleur:
- Rouge
- Type de vin:
- Sec
- Format:
- Bouteille de 75cl
- Cépage(s):
- 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc et 5% Petit Verdot
- Terroir:
- Graves d’origine gunzienne sur un sous-sol argilo-sablonneux
- Âge des vignes:
- 40 ans
- Vendanges:
- Manuelles
- Rendements:
- 220 000 bouteilles
- Vinification:
- traditionnelle en cuves inox thermo-régulées
- Elevage:
- en fûts pendant 14 mois renouvelés à 40% en moyenne
- Degré:
- 14,5%
Dégustation et Garde
- Boire à partir de :
- 2020
- Apogée :
- 2024-2026
- Boire avant :
- 2030
- Conseil de service :
- Carafer pour le service
- Servir à :
- 17-18°
Description
Suggestion gourmande
Côtes d'agneau, émulsion d'huitres et gnoccis.
Avis des Experts
La Revue du Vin de France
"Le cru a su préserver une fraîcheur de fruit épatante, beaucoup de sève et de croquant. Il est charmeur et offre un très beau peps en finale."
Bettane & Desseauve
"Vin complet, un peu plus fin que glana, joli tannin. Bel éclat aromatique."
James Suckling
"A full-bodied red with a dense, juicy palate of blueberries and blackcurrants. Some black tea and tree bark, too. Tight yet long and linear finish. Very structured and polished. Drink after 2024."
The Wine Advocate
"The 2018 Gloria is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc, aged for approximately 14 months in oak barriques, 40% new. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it sashays out of the glass with flamboyant notes of kirsch, black raspberries and cassis, plus hints of potpourri, unsmoked cigars and star anise. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers a good amount of juicy black and red fruit flavors, backed up by slightly chewy tannins and just enough freshness, finishing spicy."
Wine Spectator
"Fresh and energetic, with violet, licorice and cassis aromas and flavors spilling forth while bramble and graphite run underneath. Applewood streak gives the finish some spine. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2022 through 2035."
Decanter
"Gloria is fast becoming one of the most exciting insider wines of the entire Bordeaux region, and that rare species of a non-classified St-Julien. The fruit here is brambly, textured and autumnal, and again the alcohol seems generous but balanced, with plenty of St-Julien finesse. It has a feeling of not needing to go too far to convince anyone. This is some austerity here but there's a bounce to the tannins through the mid-palate, while the alcohol is clearly there but not dominant, helped I would expect by relatively generous yields of 46hl/ha. Very good quality. 5% Cabernet Franc makes up the blend. 50% new oak. Drinking Window 2027 - 2040."
Wine Enthusiast
"This wine has all the structured intensity and ripe fruitiness of a Saint-Julien. At the same time, it displays a light touch with the black fruits and open texture, promising an attractive wine. Drink the wine from 2026."
Un vin avec beaucoup de finesse, une grande réussite !