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Château Dassault
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2023
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dark in color, the wine is plush, polished, fresh juicy, and packed with layers of blackberries, black cherries, chocolate, and plums, with length vibrancy, and length in the round, polished, lush, salty, refreshing, spicy finish. This is the first vintage with Thomas Duclos as the consultant at Chateau Dassault. The wine blends 73% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 834 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
2022
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Deeply colored, the wine is loaded with chocolate, espresso, cinnamon, flowers, and black cherries. The fruits are creamy, luscious, ripe, sweet, and vibrant with a chocolate edge to the berries in the finish. This is an outstanding vintage for Chateau Dassault! Drink from 2025-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,908 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, coffee bean, smoke, forest leaf, tobacco and dark red fruits crowd into the nose and also in the round, supple, lushly-textured palate. You can enjoy this for all its up-front, ripe fruits on release. Drink from 2023-2038. 89-91 1,200 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2020
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, cherries, espresso, licorice, and smoke create the perfume here. The wine is full-bodied, deep and long, with richness. intensity, and lift, giving you a solid backdrop for all of its supple-textured, chocolate covered, red fruits on the mid-palate and in the finish. This is an outstanding vintage for Chateau Dassault! Drink from 2024-2040. 1,142 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Dark garnet in color, the wine pops with scents of smoke, espresso, licorice, cherry liqueur and flowers. Rich, full-bodied, deep and long, there is intensity, ripe, silky tannins and loads of energy giving you a long, generous, supple-textured, fruit, spice and chocolate-filled finish. This will be even better if you give it a few years to come together before pulling a cork. 92-94 Pts 1,206 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
2020
Château Dassault Le "D" (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, fresh, bright, clean red fruits with a touch of flowers, fennel and cocoa to round things out. This is ready for consumption on release. Drink from 2023-2030. 1,317 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
2019
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dark, lush, red fruits with black plums and coffee bean nuances form the core of the wine. On the palate, the wine is round, opulent, polished, and rich, with loads of black plums, licorice, and chocolate on the mid-palate and in the finish. This is already easy to taste, but a few years in the cellar will make it an even better wine. Drink from 2023-2035. 1,923 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Deep in color, the wine loads you up with its roasted coffee bean, smoke, licorice, herbs and cherry tinged perfume. Ripe, fleshy and fresh, with a blast of black cherries and oak in the finish, give this a few years to come together before pulling a cork. 90-92 Pts 3,268 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoky, with background notes of espresso, licorice and plums on the nose. Supple, lush, round and forward, there is a strong touch of oak in the finish, so give it time to better integrate and show off all its sweet, juicy, dark red fruits. 2,732 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Smoke, licorice and espresso jump before you'll find the juicy black cherries. The wine is round, supple and oaky. Produced in a modern style, this is going to please some more than others. You will be able to enjoy this wine early. 90-92 Pts 3,462 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2018
Château Dassault Le "D" (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Light, fruity, forward, early drinking, red berry and cocoa oriented charmer that is ready for consumption on release. 1,254 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
2016
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Incense, smoke, licorice, wet earth and ripe. dark cherries are all over the place here. The wine is ripe, fleshy and round with a silky, polished, espresso, vanilla and plum finish. Give it a few years for the oak to integrate and this will a very nice treat. 2,622 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Round, ripe juicy berries, licorice, fresh brewed espresso, plum and dark chocolate create the bouquet. In the mouth, the wine is lush, soft and round with loads of dark red sweet fruits, cocoa, licorice and coffee bean. Drink it young or age it for a few years. 1,587 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dark in color, the texture is lush, the fruits are ripe, fat and juicy, there is weight and density, with a finish of dark cherries, espresso, chocolate, and coffee bean. 3,977 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Dark in color, the wine is lushly textured, with loads of fat, ripe, dark cherries, smoke, espresso and licorice. The round, finish is filled with dark chocolate, black cherry and coffee bean notes. 3,601 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018Dark in color, with a lush, fat, ripe, fruit forward style, there is a blast of sweet, black cherry, dark chocolate, licorice and espresso in every sniff, sip and swallow. 2,046 Views Tasted Nov 22, 2017Plush, ripe and forward, this wine serves up a modern-styled blend of juicy, chocolate-covered cherries, licorice, espresso bean and smoke with soft, round textures. 1,862 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
2014
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
A light breakfast of black raspberry jam and espresso on the nose, this wine is soft, polished and already easy to drink. 89-91 Pts 2,781 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
2013
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Spicy red berries, oak and fennel scents are enhanced by the mineral-driven, bright red berry and licorice finish. From a blend of 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 88-90 Pts 2,143 Views Tasted Apr 28, 2014 |
2012
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Round, lush and approachable, that is, if you like sweet, dark, red fruits, vanilla bean, espresso and licorice. Give it another year or two. 3,821 Views Tasted Nov 8, 2015Medium bodied, dominated by juicy, ripe, red berries, anise and spice, this will drink well on release. 89-91 Pts 4,187 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
2011
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Successful for the vintage, licorice, black cherries, coffee bean and vanilla scents open to a medium bodied, round, spicy, red berry filled, forward wine. 2,363 Views Tasted Nov 17, 2013As of 2010, the wine has begun to see malolactic in barrel and is aged in 100% new oak. With an assemblage of 80% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, the wine opens with spice and red berries, has a medium body and ends with a slight dry sensation with kirsch and black raspberry. 87-89 Pts 2,284 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2012 |
2010
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, ripe dark berries, jam, coffee bean and earthy scents lead to a plush, ripe, juicy, delicious, plush textured wine that is one of the few 2010 Bordeaux wines that can be enjoyed in its youth. 4,075 Views Tasted May 7, 2013 |
2009
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied with spicy red and black fruit, this lighter, traditional style of St. Emilion is tannic and dry in the otherwise, bright, fresh, tart, red fruit finish. 4,994 Views Tasted Feb 10, 2012 |
2008
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
08 Château Dassault is made in a light, early drinking style of St. Emilion. The medium bodied wine expresses fresh berries with a touch of oak, finishing with a pleasing kirsch note. 87-89 Pts 2,172 Views Tasted Jul 1, 2009 |
2006
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Developing nicely and drinking in a good spot today, that is if you like, licorice, truffle, espresso and juicy, round textured black plums in every sip and swallow. 5,586 Views Tasted Mar 10, 2014 |
2005
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied and displaying red and black fruit character, this slightly rustic wine ends with a bright, tart quality that others might like more than I did. 7,043 Views Tasted Jan 20, 2008 |