Chateau Tour Perey, Puisseguin Saint-Emilion, Grand Cru 2022

2022 Chateau Tour Perey, Puisseguin Saint-Emilion, Grand Cru – Score: 92 (QPR: WINNER)

This wine is a blend of 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc. The nose of this wine is ripe, with blue and red fruit, smoke, earth, garrigue, and sweet roasted herbs. The mouth of this wine is well balanced with solid acidity, nice mouth-draping and drying tannin, sweet smoke, sweet cedar, boysenberry, plum, currants, dark chocolate, and solid fruit focus. The finish is long, dirty, ripe, and layered with blue and red fruit, sweet tobacco, and milk chocolate. Drink from 2026 until 2032. (tasted Sept & May 2024) (in San Diego, and Paris, France) (ABV = 14%)