Château Meyney (2019)

Chateau Meyney can trace its history to the 17th century, when it was a Convent. Currently owened by a subsidiary of Credit Agricole, the 51 hectare estate sits on some of the highest hilltops in the Medoc, overlooking the Gironde Estuary. Planted on Garonne gravels, the vines average an age of 35 to 40 years and are divided between 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot. Chateau Meyney hand picks all of their grapes by hand and then are carefully sorted with a state of the art optical sorting machine in the cellar.

In 2019, a vintage that seems to get better and better the more we taste it, the wine has excelled.  Neal Martin has given 95 points, writing, “The 2019 Meyney has a divine bouquet, so pure and winsome with floral red berry scents, beautifully integrated new oak and superb precision. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy to the point where you can almost overlook the backbone of this Saint-Estèphe. It could have been blowsy, yet it retains superb balance and feels luxuriant and long on the finish. This is a stellar showing easily eclipsing its performances either in barrel or just after bottling.”

And Jancis Robinson gives 17.5 points, noting, “Lifted, perfumed. Subtle, with a savoury streak running through it. Far from massive but nicely judged and appetising. Cool and sophisticated.”

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