CHÂTEAU MOULIN SAINT GEORGES

The 2020 Moulin Saint-Georges is soft, fruity and easygoing, all of which make it a fine choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years. The blend is 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, but even so, Moulin Saint-Georges is a wine of reserve and nuance. There’s terrific energy and vibrancy here. I would not be in any rush to open this. This gorgeous, under the radar Saint-Émilion is not at all showy, but it will appeal tremendously to readers who like firm, classically built wines. I can’t wait to see how it ages. This is a major Sleeper. Drinking range: 2028 - 2040 Rating: 93 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2023)

The 2020 Moulin Saint-Georges has perhaps the most precocity amongst Vauthier's portfolio this vintage with upfront, quite bold macerated black cherries, kirsch and touches of melted tar. It's the kind of nose that wants to be loved. The palate is very pliant on the entry, with fine tannins that frame a sweet core of black fruit, tapering slightly towards the finish. Modest grip, more impressive in terms of salinity rather than substance, it's a sure-footed Moulin-Saint-Georges. Drinking range: 2025 - 2040 Rating: 91 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Feb 2023)

Very nice nose, dense, fragrant, raspberry-sweet, and lightly oak-vanillary; fullish, moderate in concentration (as usual), fresh to lively in acidity; a sweetly ripe fruit, gently fleshy in texture, subtly mineral, an almost lemony fresh definition, making this particularly attractive in the year where, even if fresh, so much is “supple”; a particularly good juicy core for Moulin St-Georges; long and even and classy, with lovely fruit-fragrant persistence. A typical refined, classic expression of good mid-rank St-Emilion. A great success.
(85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc.) Drinking range: 2028 - 2045Michael Schuster, World of Fine Wine (May 2021)