Château Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac

Pretty center core of fruit with currant and spice character. Orange peel as well. Medium body. Firm tannins and a bright finish. Nicely polished and constructed.

Light, fresh and fragrant, nicely scented and open, expressive and generous on the nose. Masy and lovely texture, filling but also quite juicy and fresh. Tannins are at the fore, they fill the mouth but with a fun friendliness, no harshness at all. Supple, but lean and clean, a purity to the expression which is lovely. Will be so easy to drink when bottled still with clear underlying power and concentration. I love the licks of liquorice and stone. Aged 12 months, 21% in new oak barrels. Harvest 13 September - 30 September. HVE certified.

This is intense and concentrated, but also delivers lush and balanced ripe blackberry and damson fruits, with coffee and tar edging. Tight in its tannic structure, this is an estate located towards the Figeac sector of western St Emilion, with clay-gravel-sand soils, and it's a successful vintage with impact. 3.71ph.

The 2022 Château Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac has a pretty, medium-bodied, nicely balanced and textured style to go with classy red and black cherry-like fruits, some chocolaty, herbal, earthy nuances, ripe tannins, and notable balance. [...]

Au niveau de la fraîcheur, le millésime a été respecté, grâce à une vendange adéquate et juste ce qu’il faut de longueur.

Forward, soft, polished, medium-bodied, supple, early-drinking, fruity wine that finishes with layers of plums and licorice. This will be just fine on release. Drink from 2025-2037.

Open, spicy, nicely tannic and neatly balanced, this youthful wine will open slowly to reveal a civilised Saint-Emilion with controlled red-cherry-soaked fruit. The tannins are a little furry, but they will soften with more time in the barrel, and then the picture will be complete. 

Bouquet fruité, de bonne intensité, aux nuances de baies noires et de bois de réglisse. Friand et élancé en attaque, le vin est élégant, harmonieux et bien soutenu par des tannins veloutés.

The wine has a deep color and a fresh, unadulterated aroma, with the scent of black fruits interwoven with a light hint of iris, which is very pleasing. It is soft and smooth on the palate, with delicate tannins and maintains a good balance overall. The unique scent of graphite and pencil shavings in this vintage adds a special flavor. Last year, I highly praised the winery’s aging in clay jars, and now it seems that this experimentation has indeed brought more possibilities to Château Grand Barrail.

A big wine in this vintage but with polished berry fruit – a mix of red and black. This is punchy though with ultimately quite fine-grained yet grippy tannins. Subtle spicing, but another St Emilion in 2022 that is all about the almost crunchy fruit. Purity and focus rather more than complexity, even if there is a little layering with the tannins revealing if not the milles feuilles then perhaps the cents feuilles! Juicy and plump on the finish. I like the energy here.