2022 Saint Emilion with 162 wine tasting notes is published in 3 separate articles because of its extraordinary length and coverage. As can see, we tasted an incredible range and array of wines so you will know what to buy. Part 1 covers wines A-E, Part 2 features F-L and Part 3 finishes up with wines M-Z. We have added easy-to-follow links at the bottom of the page to all the on 2022 St. Emilion making it easy to read about the vintage and any of the wines you are interested in.
For a complete, detailed overview and analysis of the 2022 Bordeaux vintage and harvest with producer quotes… 2022 Bordeaux Vintage, Harvest Report
All of the following 2022 St. Emilion wines were tasted in Bordeaux in April. Most of the wines were tasted at the property. However, a few of the wines were tasted at Negociants, Consultants or with trade groups. Whenever possible the wines were tasted more than once.
As you will see from my tasting notes, due to a combination of climatic conditions, changes in farming practices, better knowledge of the vineyards and how to handle extreme vintages, there are producers at all ends of the spectrum that made the best wines in the history of their vineyard!
2022 Saint Emilion Tasting Notes Part 3 Wines M-Z …
2022 Mangot – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Elegant, soft, fresh, and deep, the wine quickly focuses you on its layers of ripe, sweet, fresh, dark, red pit fruits. The long, powerful, mineral-edged finish, with its layers of plums, cherries and salt, sticks with you. Drink from 2025-2042. 92-94 Pts
2022 Monbousquet – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Purple flowers, black cherries, licorice, and cocoa create a showy nose. On the palate, the wine dark, lush, silky, and fresh. The fruits are ripe, creamy, and vibrant, with touches of spice, chalk and sweet, opulent black cherries. 2022 marks the 30th vintage of Monbousquet under the ownership of the Perse family. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.28% ABV, 3.83 pH. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2025-2042. 92-94 Pts
2022 Monlot – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Rich, lush, creamy, concentrated, opulent wine with layers of dark, chocolate-coated plums, and black cherries on the palate. The wine finishes with supple, deep, dark, polished fruits, cocoa, espresso, spice, and licorice in the finish. This is a property that has been on the upswing over the past few vintages. Drink from 2025-2040. 92-94 Pts
2022 Montlabert – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Soft, fresh, and refined, the wine is packed with layers of chocolate covered plums, black cherries, licorice, spice, and espresso. There is a softness, and polished to the fruits, and textures that works perfectly this year. Drink from 2025-2037. 91-92 Pts
2022 Montlisse – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Deeply colored, the wine is soft, supple, fresh, and refined, with layers of lifted, sweet, fruits, toasty oak, mint leaf, and cocoa, with the essence of crushed rocks, and stones coming in at the end of the finish. You can enjoy this in its youth, as well as age it for more complexities. 2026-2042. 92-94 Pts
2022 Moulin Saint Georges – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Initially you notice the toasty oak before moving to the incense, spice, flowers, and smoked plums in the nose. On the palate, the wine is creamy, supple, fresh and polished, leaving you with the sensation of lushness on the palate that carries through to the finish. 80% percent Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc create the blend. 14.5 ABV% 3.52 Ph. Drink from 2026-2042. 92-94 Pts
2022 Moulin du Cadet – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Inky dark in color, the wine exudes its espresso, chocolate, plum, flower, and chocolate character without much effort. Lush, plush, and polished, the wine is soft, sweet, supple, and creamy in the black-fruited, chocolately finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 92-94 Pts
2022 Paradis – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Fresh, forward, medium-bodied, elegant, soft, and sweet, red pit fruit oriented wine which is going to be simply delicious on release with its layers of silky, soft, and sweet plums with their spicy, chalky edge. Drink from 2025-2037. 90-92 Pts
2022 Pas de l’Ane – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Soft, elegant, polished and fresh, the medium-bodied wine is supple, creamy, and vibrant, with a crushed stone edge to the energetic cherries and plums on the palate. Drink from 2025-2037. 89-91 Pts
2022 Pavie – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Inky, opaque, black purple in color, the explosive perfume delivers purple flowers, licorice, truffle, crushed stone, smoke, saffron, and almost 100% cocoa. The palate is painted with opulent, rich, layers of concentrated, blackberries, plum liqueur, black cherries, spice, smoke, licorice, espresso and chocolate. As dense and deep as this wine is, what is important to note is the vibrancy and freshness on the palate. That sense of lift remains from the mid-palate through to the finish. The is the first vintage where you find the vines from Bellevue Mondotte and Pavie Decesse integrated into Chateau Pavie. The wine blends 52% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.7% ABV, pH 3.71. Harvesting took place September 15 – October 1. This is the earliest harvest in the history of Pavie. Drink from 2030-2065. 97-99 Pts
2022 Pavie Aromes de Pavie – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Licorice, flowers, black, and red berries with touches of chocolate, and licorice create the nose. On the palate, it is the salty tannins, length, lift and supple, creamy textures that take the spotlight. Aromes de Pavie is no longer the second wine of Pavie. All of the fruit come from a specific 11 hectare parcel, so it should be looked at as its own brand. The wine blends 50% Merlot with 50% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2040. 92-94 Pts
2022 Pavie Macquin – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Dark garnet in color, the wine offers its nose of cherry blossoms, licorice, black fruits, orange rind, olives, and tobacco leaf profile with ease. The perfect blend of power, elegance, and oceans of fruit, there is a beautiful balance, and harmony here. The opulent, silky fruits deliver purity, length, and freshness that is close to seamless. The sensations linger on the backend long after the wine has left the glass. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.7% ABV, 3.4 pH. The harvest took place September 14-September 20. Drink from 2027-2055. 97-99 Pts
2022 Peby Faugeres – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Inky dark in color, the opulent wine delivers its layers of velvet, and cashmere textured fruits effortlessly. The wine is deep, concentrated, and long. It is also fresh, balanced and even with all of its palate-staining levels of fruit, the wine is never heavy. It remains harmonious and intense. Though, the oak presence is quite strong, so it will need time to fully come together. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Merlot. Harvesting took place September 8. Drink from 2027-2050. 95-97 Pts
2022 Peby Faugeres Le Merle de – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Already delicious and ready to drink, the wine is packed from start to finish with luscious, creamy, plush, dark red fruits. The berries are sweet, polished, and fresh. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2025-2037. 91-93 Pts
2022 Petit Faurie deSoutard – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Rich, opulent and creamy, the wine is concentrated, fresh, and multi-layered with all the ripe, black and red pit fruits, licorice, chocolate, and spice you could ask for. Drink from 2025-2040. 92-94 Pts
2022 Petit Gravet Aine – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Supple, fresh, deep, floral and heavily influenced by its mineral essence, the wine offers an intense, spicy, salty, fruit-packed experience with layers of berries, energy and length. Produced from 90% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot, making this one of the heaviest concentrations of Cabernet Franc in Bordeaux. Drink from 2027-2045. 94-95 Pts
2022 Petit-Fombrauge – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, sweet, and creamy, the wine is juicy, round, and supple, with a chalky touch to the sweet, ripe fruits with a nice touch of refreshing mint in the end note. The wine is made from 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2037. 90-92 Pts
2022 Peymouton – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Forward, fresh, soft, supple cherries with licorice, and a touch of mint leaf that provides a nice fresh edge to the wine that shines through in the finish. The wine blends 89% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2035. 89-91 Pts
2022 Pierre 1er – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Dark in color, the wine shows off its flowers, black cherries, licorice, espresso, and plums easily, Supple, creamy, silky, and lush, the polished finish carries on with its layers of dark, luscious fruits, and toasty oak. Drink from 2025-2040. 91-93 Pts
2022 Pindefleurs – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Roses, licorice, and cherries show easily in this medium-bodied, fresh, bright, forward, wine that is ready to go on release. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2033. 89-91 Pts
2022 Poesia – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Black raspberries, flowers, orange peel, licorice, mint, smoke, and cocoa fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is packed with minerality, cocoa, plums, and black raspberries. with a lot of cut, refinement and salty tannins in the lifted, berry-filled finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2047. 93-95 Pts
2022 Pressac – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Silky, elegant, pure, fresh, and medium-bodied, the sweet, dark, red, and black fruits are vibrant, polished, refined, long, and pure in the nose, and on the palate. Drink from 2025-2040. 93-95 Pts
2022 Quinault LEnclos – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, plums and cherries are evident on the nose. The medium-bodied palate is supple, sweet, and loaded with licorice, and creamy black cherries. The wine blends 63% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2042. 92-94 Pts
2022 Quintus – St. Émilion Grand Cru – The wine is focused on its elegant, sensuous nature. The fruits are refined, polished and silky. The purity in the fruits, which is paramount here is matched by its strong, mineral-driven character on the mid-palate and in the long, creamy, velvety finish. The wine blends 58% Merlot, with 42% Cabernet Franc. 15.5% ABV, 3.65 pH. Drink from 2025-2045. 95-97 Pts
2022 Quintus Le Dragon de Quintus – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Leafy herbs, tobacco, spice, and black cherries are easy to discern on nose, and the palate. Elegance and freshness are the key to the wines character, along with sweet, black cherries, cocoa, and a touch of spice in the silky, refined, finish. The wine blends 73% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Franc and 6% Malbec. Drink from 2025-2035. 92-94 Pts
2022 Quintus St. Emilion de Quintus – St. Émilion – Medium-bodied, soft, elegant, forward. and fresh, this is perfect for early-drinking pleasure with ample, sweet, and savory cherries from start to finish. Drink from 2025-2030 89-91 Pts
2022 Ripeau – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, black plums, black cherries, chocolate, licorice, incense and fresh ground espresso beans create the nose. But it is on the palate, with its layers of opulently-textured, lush, ripe, dark pit fruits, chocolate, and plums, where the wine really takes off. The creamy, plush finish keeps on going, with length, freshness and layers of ripe, chocolately fruits. The wine blends 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2045. 93-95 Pts
2022 Rochebelle – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, black raspberries, crushed stones, licorice and espresso create the nose. On the palate, the wine is silky, fresh, and bright, with sweetness to the raspberries, and cherries in the mid-palate. You also enjoy a nice salty endnote in the long, chalky, energetic finish along with a touch of white pepper on the backend. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc. 15.5% ABV. 3.5 pH. Harvesting took place September 15 – September 20. Yields were 41 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2026-2042. 92-94 Pts
2022 Rocheyron – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Black raspberries, plum liqueur, crushed rocks and flowers in the nose only get the wine started. On the palate, what you notice is the racy energy that gives lift to the layers of dark red, sweet, pit fruits. The salty tannins, sweetness, and purity is evident on the mid-palate and in the long, vibrant, finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc.14.8% ABV, 3.5 pH. Drink from 2025-2050. 95-97 Pts
2022 Rol Valentin – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Deep in hue, the wine is spicy, floral, and fresh, with sweet, ripe, black raspberries, and plums in the perfume. Creamy, soft, and polished, the medium-bodied wine is fresh, supple, and shows a nice depth of fruit on the refined palate. Drink from 2026-2040. 92-94 Pts
2022 Roylland – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Quite floral on the nose, from there you find black raspberries, and a myriad of cherries. Medium-bodied, soft, silky and fresh, with lift, energy and more of those delicious cherries in the finish. Drink from 2025-2038. 90-92 Pts
2022 Saint-Georges-Cote-Pavie – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, black, red, and blue fruits, espresso and crushed stones create the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, soft, fresh, and with a nice, purity of fruits, silky tannins, and sweet, red pit fruits in the spicy, finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 92-94 Pts
2022 Saintayme – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Black cherries, and flowers, with licorice and cocoa nuances are found on the nose, and palate. Medium-bodied, with a core of lusciously-textured, plums and chocolate, here, the vibrancy and elegance in the fruits really stand out, giving you a nice freshness to the sweet fruits from the mid-palate through to the finish. This will be ready-to-go on release. Made from 100% Merlot, 14.4% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2025-2038. 91-93 Pts
2022 Sanctus – St. Émilion Grand Cru – The newly renamed vineyard, which still remains a bit confusing to me is deeply colored in the glass. The wine is plush, concentrated, opulent, and layered with dark plums, chocolate, licorice, and dark pit fruits. The finish, with its creamy textures, freshness and length is simply great. The wine comes from vines on the slopes of their vineyard and is produced blending 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2045. 93-95 Pts
2022 Sansonnet – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Deep, dark, rich, lush, full-bodied, and intense, this hedonistically-styled wine is packed with layers of black cherries, blackberries, chocolate, spice, vanilla, chocolate, black raspberries and plums. The wine coats your palate with waves of dark, pit fruits, espresso and chocolate from start to finish. Opulent in character, the wine should be a treat to drink with just a bit age and provide hedonistic pleasure for up to 2 decades after that. The wine blends 95% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2045. 94-96 Pts
2022 Simard – St. Émilion – Flowers, leafy herbs, tobacco, cherries, and spicy currants combine to produce a medium-bodied, soft, forward wine with freshness, and lift on the mid-palate, ending with supple-textured, fruity finish. You can drink this now, or age it for a few years. The wine blends 65% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2025-2037. 91-93 Pts
2022 Soutard – St. Émilion Grand Cru – The color is shiny black, purple. On the palate, the wine is powerful, concentrated, dark, and deep, with multiple layers of chocolate-coated plums, blackberries, licorice and spice. The wine is sensuous, opulent, and rich. The finish allows you to linger with all of its layers of chocolate and black fruits. This could be the finest vintage of Soutard ever produced! 76% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% whole-bunch, fermented Malbec makes the blend. Drink from 2026-2047. 94-96 Pts
2022 SoutardCadet – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Inky in color, the wine is equally dark on the palate with its waves of rich, supple, creamy, chocolate-infused, plums, and black cherries. The wine is full, rich, and deep, finishing with a blast of black pit fruits, polished tannins, mint, dark cocoa, and espresso. Drink from 2026-2042. 92-95 Pts
2022 Tertre Roteboeuf – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Black raspberries, flowers, spice, mint, cocoa, licorice, espresso, and plums open the gorgeous perfume. On the palate, the wine is full, rich, deep, concentrated, long and luxurious. The extensive finish leaves you with spicy black raspberries, and plums. The blend is 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, 15% ABV, 3.8 pH. Harvesting took place October 5 – October 15. Drink from 2026-2050. 96-98 Pts
2022 Teyssier – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Blending 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc, you find flowers, cherries, mint leaf, smoke, and licorice nuances in the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fruity, fresh, and finishes with creamy cherries in the endnote. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2025-2035. 89-91 Pts
2022 Tour Baladoz – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Chocolate, and espresso-tinted red fruits with a zesty, citrus edge provides the medium-bodied wine with lift, freshness, and layers of sweet, ripe, red berries with a touch of espresso, cocoa, and salt at the back end of the finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts
2022 Tour Peyronneau Cabernet Franc – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Floral, spicy, earthy, and on the plummy side, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, and the sweet, ripe, fruits are framed by a nice mineral essence with a chalky touch to the finish. The wine is unusual in Bordeaux as its produced from 100% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2037. 90-92 Pts
2022 Tour Peyronneau Merlot – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Lush, dark, round, and sweet, the wine offers its creamy, black cherry, and chocolate profile with ease. This will be delicious to drink on release. Drink from 2025-2032. 89-89 Pts
2022 Tour Saint Christophe – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Deep purple in hue, the wine pops with blackberries, black cherries, licorice, flowers, wet earth, and blue fruit on the nose. The palate, is rich, lush, and packed with layers of chalk, black cherries, chocolate, espresso and 5 spice. The finish is creamy, vibrant, and loaded with sweet, ripe, dark red fruits that linger. The wine is made from blending 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. 15% ABV, 3.45 pH. The harvest took place September 10-October 3. Yields were 39 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2026-2048. 95-97 Pts
2022 Trianon – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, cherries, and fennel are front, and center here. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, polished, fresh, and silky with a core of sweet, red pit fruits and chocolate on the palate, and in the finish. Drink from 2025-2035. 88-90 Pts
2022 Trimoulet – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Medium-bodied, forward, supple, soft, elegant wine with a savory edge to the fruits, and chocolate mint tones at the end of the finish. Drink from 2025-2035. 89-91 Pts
2022 Troplong Mondot – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Deeply colored, the wine is rich, deep, full-bodied, concentrated and intense The depth of flavor, the fullness on the palate, the silky, lush, creamy textures come across as gentle, vibrant, and elegant, with a lot of depth and width. The lingering finish displays sweet, red and black fruits, a salted, orange citrus tone and a beautiful chalky character on the backend. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc. 14.9% ABV, 3.48 pH. Harvesting started August 29 – September 26. Drink from 2027-2060. 97-99 Pts
2022 Troplong Mondot – Mondot by Troplong Mondot – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, cherries, and citrus form the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, crisp ,and fresh with softness and a liberal dose of limestone on the backend of the plummy finish. This is going to be a pleasure to enjoy on release. The wine is produced from 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. This is the first vintage with Cabernet in the blend. The wine is a parcel selection from Troplong Mondot. Drink from 2025-2032. 91-93 Pts
2022 Trotte Vieille – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Almost opaque in color, the wine pops with black cherries, tobacco leaf, flowers, plums, smoke, and chocolate in the aromatics. The palate is silky, vibrant, and plush. The fruits are deep, intense, long, vibrant, and most importantly, pure. There is length, complexity, opulence, balance and a strong sensation of crushed stones, blackberries, chocolate, and plums in the finish you can taste and feel. TrotteVieille has been on an incredible roll lately. Perhaps, with the aid of their new cellars, this is the best vintage in the history of the estate! The wine blends 50% Cabernet Franc, 45% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.14.5% ABV. The harvest took place September 8 – September 27. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2027-2055. 96-98 Pts
2022 Trotte Vieille Dame de Trotte Vieille – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Floral, soft, fruity, medium-bodied, plummy wine with touches of spice, black cherries, and freshness is already a pleasure to enjoy. This is prefect to order in a bistro or café, as it it going to be ready to go on release. The wine blends 55% Merlot with 45% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2035. 89-91 Pts
2022 Valandraud – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Inky dark in color, the wine explodes from the glass with its bouquet of wild flowers, violets, camphor, cinnamon, saffron, licorice and plum liqueur. The nose rocks, but the palate takes it to a new level. Opulent fruits drenched in velvet with intensity, purity, and electric vibrancy. The fruit caresses, and coats your palate with almost surreal levels of fruit, that magically remain light on its feet. The seamless finish lingers, builds, and expands for almost 60 seconds. It was 9am when I tasted this, and after making sure nobody was looking, I drained my glass with pleasure. This is a new level of quality for Valandraud, and that is saying something. Blending 88% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15.5% ABV, 3.55 pH. Harvesting took place September 15 – October 5. Drink from 2027-2055. 97-99 Pts
2022 Valandraud 3 de Valandraud – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Black cherries, flowers, plums, and cocoa create the nose. On the palate, the wine is elegant, supple, fresh, and polished. The fruits are ripe, sweet and energetic, with a touch of cocoa, and chalk in the finish. Drink from 2025-2035. 91-93 Pts
2022 Valandraud Virginie de Valandraud – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, black cherries, licorice, plums, cherries, and blackberries open the nose. The palate is even better with its elegant nature, layers of sweet, black and red pit fruits, energy, and vibrant endnotes with its sweetness in the fruits and gentle, refreshing note of mint on the backend. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.14.5% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2025-2042. 92-94 Pts
2022 Vieux Chateau Mazerat – St. Émilion Grand Cru – With black cherries, black plums, and blackberries front and center in the nose, the palate is loaded with soft, polished, vibrant, silky, dark red fruits, licorice, vanilla, spice, and chalk. The creamy finish has lift, length and ripe fruit with a touch of chocolate on the backend. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. 15.5% ABV. Drink from 2025-2045. 92-94 Pts
2022 Villemaurine – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers, red pit fruits, espresso and cocoa notes get the wine going. The wine is elegant, creamy, and fresh, with a strong underpinning sense of minerality that adds a salty touch to the vibrant red and black fruits from the mid-palate, through to the finish. The wine blends 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2042. 93-95 Pts
2022 YonFigeac – St. Émilion Grand Cru – Flowers and cherries blend together to form the core of this medium-bodied, early-drinking, silky, fresh wine. A bit light, but still charming. Drink from 2026-2035. 89-91 Pts
If you missed any wines from St. Emilion, please read 2022 St. Emilion Pt 1, Wines A-E, or 2022 St. Emilion Pt 2 Wines F-L before moving on to the next set of 2022 Right Bank wines with tasting notes on all the best 2022 Cotes de Bordeaux, 2022 Fronsac – and 2022 Bordeaux Superieur wines.
