CHÂTEAU GLORIA
2020 Cru Bourgeois Saint Julien
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Saint Julien |
| Classification | Cru Bourgeois |
| ABV | 13.5% |
Glorious! Everything you would hope for in a modern Gloria. A satisfying hit of firmish ripe plum and cherry fruit flesh - gently held together with a ‘just there’ structure, Good weight and positive feel. A brighter, more red-fruit-led tail picks up with some freshness and invites you back for more. Good. If you like Gloria - this is a great example of what it does so well. Accessible, charming and a joy to taste. L&S (May 2021)
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The 2020 Gloria is another Saint-Julien with an unapologetically backward nose, yet it has razor-sharp delineation and superb mineralité. It's just tightly coiled at the moment. Very harmonious, the palate is medium-bodied and satiny in texture, with sapid black fruit and a precocious yet beautifully controlled and persistent finish. Outstanding. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Drinking range: 2030 - 2065 Rating: 95 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2024)
This is poised and elegant with notes of bitter chocolate, crushed walnuts, black peppercorns, blackberries and blackcurrants. It’s medium-bodied with silky tannins and layers of fresh black fruit. Classy. Try from 2026. Rating: 94 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (May 2023)
The 2020 Gloria is a very pretty, lifted Saint-Julien. Blood orange, mint, sweet red berry fruit, white pepper and rose petal all grace the 2020. Gloria is a wine of energy and understatement. The 2020 is especially charming. Drinking range: 2025 - 2038 Rating: 93 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2023)
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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Bordeaux France 13.5% Red
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