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2020 Grand Corbin Despagne
Producer: Grand Corbin Despagne
Place of Origin: France, Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe, Bordeaux
Color: Red
Rating: 95
Drinking Window: 2028 - 2050
From: Bordeaux 2020: Saving the Best for Last (Feb 2023)
The 2020 Grand Corbin Despagne is fabulous. Rich, dark and ample, the 2020 possesses off the charts richness and tons of intensity. Blackberry jam, creme de cassis, cloves, lavender and chocolate all build in this sumptuous, full-bodied Saint-Emilion. This is beautifully done in every way. Impressive.
By: Antonio Galloni on December 2022
CHATEAU GRAND CORBIN-DESPAGNE ST.-EMILION 2020
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2020
Score: 94
A St.-Emilion with a solid core of fruit, fresh herbs, walnuts and hazelnuts. Medium to full body with layers of tannins and a juicy finish. Chewy at the end. 75% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. From organically grown grapes. Give this three to four years to soften and come together.
2020 Chateau Grand Corbin-Despagne
Producer: Chateau Grand Corbin-Despagne
Location: France, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion
Color: Red
Rating: 94
Tasting Date: 3/29/2023
Maturity: 2026 - 2046
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: 2020 Bordeaux from Bottle
Deep ruby/purple-hued, the 2020 Chateau Grand Corbin-Despagne offers up a perfumed, exotic bouquet of red, blue, and black fruits as well as spicy oak, flowery incense, and sandalwood. Beautifully complex, medium to full-bodied, layered, and elegant on the palate, it has the vintage's concentration and power while staying light on its feet and graceful. It's another brilliant 2020 that will benefit from just short-term bottle age and keep for over two decades.
2020 Chateau Grand Corbin-Despagne (St. Emilion Grand Cru)
Points: 94
Flowers, licorice, cherries, plums, spice, bay leaves and sage create the complex aromatics. The wine is medium-bodied, silky and fresh. There is a gorgeous vibrancy and purity in the sweet, ripe, red fruits that linger, long after the wine has left your glass. Produced from blending 75% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon, this finesse styled wine is clearly one of the best vintages of Chateau Grand Corbin-Despagne ever produced. Drink from 2024-2045.
Tasted Mar 21, 2023
2020 Grand Corbin-Despagne
Rating: 93
Producer: Grand Corbin-Despagne
Wine Region: France, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion
Variety: Proprietary blend
Color / Type / Sweetness: Red / Table / Dry
Reviewed By: William Kelley
Drink Date: 2025 - 2050
A strong effort, the 2020 Grand Corbin-Despagne wafts from the glass with aromas of sweet blackberries, plums, bay leaf and spices. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered, it's seamless and enveloping, its vibrant core of fruit underpinned by melting tannins. This improving estate is situated on sandy soils over blue clay just across the border from Pomerol.
Published: Apr 06, 2023
Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne, St-Emilion, Grand Cru Classe, Bordeaux, 2020
Tasted by: Georgina Hindle (at CVBG, Belgrave, 31 Jan 2023)
Points: 92
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2040
Producer: Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne
Vintage: 2020
Wine Type: Still
Colour: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sweetness: Dry
Closure: Cork
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 24% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 75% Merlot
Full and fruity but also very concentrated, this has elements of prune and raisin - giving a hint to the alcohol at 15% ABV alongside juicy blueberries giving a sense of both ripe and fresh black fruits. Acidity is excellent and lifts the frame while the spiced tannins give the edges. It's a little overt now though with heat and alcohol layered vertically so they both linger on the finish. Feels a little full on but it has energy, and a sense of style. [...]