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CHÂTEAU GLORIA

2009 Cru Bourgeois Saint Julien

Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Saint Julien
Classification Cru Bourgeois
ABV 14%

Deep ruby, quite a pointed, directed fruit. Cassis. Immediately charming, intense fruit, very attractive velvet feel, full of flavour. Ripe raspberry top-notes, very fat, ripe and round and gourmand despite the vivid definition. A great value buy. Rating: 93 L&S (Apr 2010)


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Love this 2009, it is so much Gloria at its best - plump black fruits, black cherry, damson, generous without overplaying its hand, offering signature St Julien mixed with a subtle glamour. The fruits are given depth and compleixty by black pepper spice, silky tannins, crushed rocks, aniseed. Beautiful and full of character. 40% new oak. Harvest September 24 to October 8. Remi di Constanzo technical director. Drinking range: 2022 - 2038 Rating: 95 Jane Anson, Decanter (Jan 2023)

I chose this vintage of Gloria for my Bordeaux Advent Calendar with 67 Pall Mall. It's actually a wine that I have chosen two years in a row for the advent calendar, because it is such a sure fire hit, with the most festive of all labels (think angels and heavenly hosts). Taste-wise, this is Gloria at its best - plump and spiced black fruits, majoring on black cherry and damson, touch of smoke, pared-back generosity that speaks of St Julien, but with the kick of glamour and silky tannins that makes this such an appealing and distinct character in the appellation. 40% new oak. Drinking range: 2022 - 2038 Rating: 95 Jane Anson, Decanter (Nov 2022)

The 2009 Gloria has a well defined, classic Saint-Julien bouquet with blackberry, forest floor, cedar and hints of mint coming through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. Not unlike Branaire-Ducru in style but with just a little more heft towards the grippy finish. This is a Gloria that I would broach over the next decade. Tasted at BI Wines & Spirits' Ten Year On tasting. Drinking range: 2021 - 2044 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Mar 2019)

Château Gloria

Château Gloria is an unclassified St-Julien property that produces clarets that equal in quality those from the more prestigious classed growths. Henri Martin, a cooper by upbringing, took over the property in 1942 and began purchasing plots of vineyards from classed growth properties such as Gruaud-Larose, Talbot, Lagrange and Léoville-Barton. By the mid 1960s he had 50 hectares spread across the appellation. In 1982 he purchased Château St-Pierre and thus realised his lifetime ambition of owning a Grand Cru Classé property. Henri Martin died in 1991 and Gloria is now run by his son-in-law Jean-Louis Triaud. The wine is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. It is aged in a combination of large oak foudres and small oak barrels (50% new). Gloria produces a wine that is typically deep in colour and rich, cassis-laden and cedary on the palate. It normally needs 7-10 years of bottle age to show at its best.

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