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Château Simard
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2023
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
Mint, flowers, spice, and black raspberries fill the perfume. The wine is forward, medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and lifted, with a hint of herbs, and spice on the open, fruity palate. You can enjoy this now, or age it for a few years. The wine blends 55% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,426 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
Medium-bodied fresh, and floral, the fruits are almost, but, not quite high-toned, finishing with vibrant, red pit fruits and a nuance of spice. Give this just a year or so of cellaring, and enjoy it for 12 or more years. Drink from 2026-2037. 394 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025Flowers, 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. 2,469 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2020
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
Kirsch, cherries, flowers, spice and plums open the perfume. Medium-bodied, the wine is soft, fresh, fruity and forward with sweetness and lift in the almost, crisp finish. You can enjoy this on release, or age it a bit for more complexity. Drink from 2023-2032. 1,291 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
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2018
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
Earthy black raspberries and wet forest notes mingle perfectly with all the silky, fresh, sweet, ripe fruits. Medium-bodied, with a soft, inviting, fruit and earth finish, this will be even better with a year or two of cellaring. The wine is a blend of 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 1,754 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Flowers and black raspberry are found in the nose and on the palate. The wine is medium bodied, forward and fresh with juicy, black cherries and licorice in the finish. The wine is a blend of 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 89-91 Pts 2,271 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2016
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
With a short of spice, fresh herbs, thyme and plums in the nose, you also find ripe, fresh cherry and plums with a hint of bottle chocolate in the fresh finish. You can drink this now, or age it for a few years. The wine is a blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc. 2,176 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019 |
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2015
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
The first thing you notice is the sweet, kirsch, smoke and thyme in the nose before moving on to the soft, fresh, ripe cherries with their hint of tartness and lift in the finish. 4,204 Views Tasted Sep 17, 2018Smoke, licorice, flowers and plums make an appearance in the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, sweet, bright and forward, leaving you with juicy, red berries and plums in the medium bodied, finish. Blending 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, this wine is aging in 30% new, French oak barrels. 4,023 Views Tasted Apr 5, 2017Plummy with crisp berries, fresh, bright cherries, licorice and cocoa with a splash more cherry in an olive tapenade-tinged finish. 2,383 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2014
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
Licorice, plum and chocolate on the nose, soft, medium bodied and easy drinking with a sweet, red berry finish. Blending 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc, this wine is aging in 30% new, French oak barrels. 86-88 Pts 3,134 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
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2013
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
Light in color and style, the spicy red cherry and strawberry character will be best enjoyed in its youth. Blending 65% Merlot with 35% Cabernet Franc, the wine is aging in 30% new French oak. 84-86 Pts 3,970 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2014 |
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2012
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc produced a wine with earth and raspberry notes with medium body and a light, sweet and tart red cherry finish. 84-86 Pts 3,691 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2011
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc was aged in concrete vats to create a wine offering ripe strawberry, earth and cherry notes with a soft red berry finish. 87-88 Pts 4,744 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2012 |
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2010
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
2010 Simard 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc offers jammy black raspberries, licorice and earthy scents, medium body and a kirsch finish that will allow this soft wine to drink well early. 88-90 Pts 6,027 Views Tasted Apr 22, 2011 |
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2009
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
Medium bodied, dominated by red cherries and cocoa, this soft textured, forward wine will be best enjoyed in its youth as it lack the stuffing to age for more than a few years. 4,126 Views Tasted Jul 22, 2013 |
