2016 CHÂTEAU PRIEURÉ LICHINE 4ème Cru Classé Margaux, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU PRIEURÉ LICHINE

2020 4ème Cru Classé Margaux

Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Margaux
Classification 4ème Cru Classé
ABV 13.5%

The first bottle of the 2020 Prieuré-Lichine was corked. The second takes time to unfurl with blackberry, gravel and crushed violet. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, sapid black fruit, brine and sea salt. There's real salinity here, and it leaves you salivating for more on the finish. This is very promising. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Drinking range: 2027 - 2045 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2024)


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Black cherries, blackcurrants, tobacco, cacao and some licorice on the nose. Firm yet creamy, with very fine tannins that spread across the palate. Medium to full body. So long and beautifully balanced. Try from 2026. Rating: 96 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (May 2023)

The 2020 Prieuré-Lichine is elegant and nuanced, just as it was en primeur. Even so, I had hoped to see another step forward in this vintage, and it's just not there. For example, the aromatics aren't quite as focused as they could be. Prieuré-Lichine is still a very good wine, but it is not all it could be. Drinking range: 2027 - 2040 Rating: 93 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2023)

Austere but sappy tannic frame, this is a successful wine with plenty of damson, bilberry and blackberry fruits, with black pepper, smoked earth, slate, liqourice and grilled almond. Not generous at this early stage, but the foundations are there for long ageing and a seriously enjoyable future. 32hl/ha yield, 40% new oak. Drinking range: 2028 - 2044 Rating: 93 Jane Anson, Decanter (Feb 2023)

Château Prieuré Lichine

Margaux Quatrième cru 1855 As the name suggests, the early history of Prieuré-Lichine starts with the Benedictine monks of the Prieuré de Cantenac who assembled, by the 18th Century, quite a reputation for their wine. The Revolution put an end to ecclesiastical ownership, La Prieuré was seized and sold off with much of the vineyard becoming parts of other estates including Château Palmer. A with many Médoc estates, the first half of the 20th Century was a period of decline. By 1951 Château Prieuré-Cantenac was reduced to 11ha of rather sorry vines. Salvation came that year with the estate's purchase by wine writer Alexis Lichine. He renovated the chais and the château, and gradually increased vineyard holdings by buying spare vineyard land from other Margaux estates. Château Prieuré-Lichine is to the east of Cantenac. There are, now, around 70ha of vineyard, somewhat dispersed around the appellation, with 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot with a small balance of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. The Grand Vin spends 16 months inn wood (55% new).

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