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2018 Gloria, St-Julien

2018 Gloria, St-Julien

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James Suckling

Reviewed April 2019
This is a tight and linear red, showing dark berries and blueberries with cedar with flowers. Full-bodied and foursquare. Framed and focused.
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Professional Reviews

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Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 05/2019
Readers looking for an estate on the uptick need to check out the 2018 Château Gloria, which is up with the finest vintages I’ve tasted from this Saint-Julien estate. Deeply colored with terrific cassis and blackberry fruits as well as ample leafy herbs and sappy flower notes, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, has polished, elegant tannins, and a great finish. It’s a juicy, fruit-forward effort with good concentration and lots of class. Drink it over the coming 25 years or more. The blend is currently 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, and the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, from a selection of 65% of the total production, that’s currently resting in 40% new French oak.

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 04/2019
The 2018 Gloria is deep garnet-purple colored and gives up expressive notions of warm red and black currants, black cherries and boysenberries with hints of spice cake, cedar chest, pencil lead and menthol. Full-bodied with a firm texture of ripe, grainy tannins, it has a lively line cutting through the dense, savory layers, finishing on a lingering spicy note. (LPB)

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Decanter

Review Date: 04/2019
Gloria is fast becoming one of the most exciting insider wines of the entire Bordeaux region, and that rare species of a non-classified St-Julien. The fruit here is brambly, textured and autumnal, and again the alcohol seems generous but balanced, with plenty of St-Julien finesse. It has a feeling of not needing to go too far to convince anyone. This is some austerity here but there's a bounce to the tannins through the mid-palate, while the alcohol is clearly there but not dominant, helped I would expect by relatively generous yields of 46hl/ha. Very good quality. (JA)

Staff Reviews

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Gary Westby

Gary Westby

This broad, rich Gloria is full of soft dark fruit. The ripe Cabernet does not go over the top into over-ripeness, but instead shows off the black fruit character of St. Julien in a ripe year. It is composed of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petite Verdot.

Notes

91-94 points Antonio Galloni in Vinous: "Gloria is once again fabulous. Brisk and vibrant, the 2018 has so much to offer. The 2018 is a bit more linear than other recent vintages (such as the 2016) but it nevertheless has a lot to offer. Bright red cherry, cedar, tobacco, spice and floral notes pulse with tremendous energy. The tannins need a few years in bottle to unwind, but there is so much to look forward to. The blend is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Tasted four times." (4/2019)

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalCabernet Sauvignon and Blends
OriginSaint Julien, Bordeaux, France
Bottle Size750 mL
SKU1407954