Château Berliquet 2022 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé

Château Berliquet 2022 is a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé from a historic estate with roots in the 18th century, developed under Nicolas Audebert with a focus on limestone terroir. The 2022 vintage is 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, aged for 16 months, mainly in French oak with 44% new, plus a smaller part in amphora. It combines intense fruit, limestone minerality and silky tannins, with notes of blackberry, red cherry, violet, liquorice and dark chocolate. The nose shows blackberry, red cherry, violet, rose, liquorice, graphite and a touch of dark chocolate with fine spices. The palate is full and silky, with ripe dark berries, plum, cocoa, espresso and limestone minerality, supported by fresh acidity and ripe tannins. The finish is long, refined and mineral, with dark fruit, spices, salty chalk notes and integrated oak.