Chateau Gloria Saint-Julien 2022
96 Points, Vinous – 96 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
The 2022 is a masterclass in balance. While it was one of the hottest vintages on record, nighttime temperatures dropped as much as 20 degrees Celsius, preserving crucial freshness and acidity. You can taste it in the glass – there’s wonderful concentration (crème de cassis, black cherries) but also incredible elegance and purity. The tannins are silky smooth, the structure is perfect, and that lightly spiced finish seems to go on forever.
It’s weird calling Gloria an incredible ‘value’, but I don’t know how else to put it. This is one of the stars of the entire vintage, and you can buy a case for the same price as some of the bottles it compares to. It’s insane.
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94-96 Points, Neil Martin – Vinous
“The 2022 Gloria was picked from 12-26 September and matured in 40% new oak, slightly less than the Saint-Pierre. It has a perfumed, floral nose with crushed violet infusing the black cherry and blueberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with sumptuous tannins that belie the structure underneath. With pure fruit and well-judged acidity, this 2022 is sensual with a persistent and lightly spiced finish. Superb.”
94-96 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
A gem in the vintage is going to be the 2022 Château Gloria, which comes from 50 hectares of vines and is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot. Harvested between September 14 and 26, with yields of 34 hectoliters per hectare, it offers an inky purple hue to go with medium to full-bodied aromas and flavors of crème de cassis, ripe black cherries, spicy oak, and graphite. Hitting 13.8% alcohol and aging in 60% new French oak, it’s a pure, layered, elegant yet concentrated Saint-Julien that readers will love.
There’s something wonderfully unique about Gloria. It’s the only estate in Saint-Julien built piece by piece through the strategic acquisition of classified growth parcels. When Henri Martin began assembling the estate, he cherry-picked some of the appellation’s best terroir. But since Gloria didn’t exist as a single estate in 1855, it was never officially classified – making it one of Bordeaux’s worst-kept secrets for those in the know.
The 2022 is a masterclass in balance. While it was one of the hottest vintages on record, nighttime temperatures dropped as much as 20 degrees Celsius, preserving crucial freshness and acidity. You can taste it in the glass – there’s wonderful concentration (crème de cassis, black cherries) but also incredible elegance and purity. The tannins are silky smooth, the structure is perfect, and that lightly spiced finish seems to go on forever.
It’s weird calling Gloria an incredible ‘value’, but I don’t know how else to put it. This is one of the stars of the entire vintage, and you can buy a case for the same price as some of the bottles it compares to. It’s insane.
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