2022 Chateau Roc de Cambes - Cotes de Bourg AC

Decanter.com – 93 pts – GH: *Ripe and concentrated on the nose, perfumed and vibrant, expressive with the green pepper, herbaceousness of the Cabernet speaking, some menthol aromas and black fruits. Ripe and juicy though densely textured in the mouth, plush and fleshy but stays cool and firm with liquorice and cool blueberry fruits alongside dark chocolate and mineral elements giving nuance. Feels structured and well worked, tight right now, but persistent. Textured, grippy, ripe, fleshy but clean and pure too. A nice, strong, intensity about this.* - 04/2023

JancisRobinson.com – 16,5+/20pts – JL: *80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. Cask sample. Deep colour. Aromatically intense – dark fruit with a menthol note. Gourmand fruit on the palate, the chocolaty oak integrated. Climbs a rung in terms of texture of tannin (compared with Domaine de Cambes), the sensation velvety and smooth. Chalky finish, the alcohol just perceptible.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (91-93) pts – AG: *The 2022 Roc de Cambes is a wild, exotic wine that captures all the natural intensity of the year. Super-ripe black cherry, plum, chocolate, spice, licorice, lavender and hard candy all race out of the glass. The 2022 is pretty exuberant, so readers should expect a flamboyant wine that approaches the sort of richness that is often found in the flagship Tertre Rôteboeuf. Roc de Cambes is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (92-94) pts – NM: *The 2022 Roc de Cambes displays a very perfumed bouquet with black cherries and blueberry fruit, more floral than the Domaine des Cambes, iris and peony. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins, dark berry fruit laced with white pepper and clove. Hints of iron toward the spicy finish. Very fine.* - 04/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (93-95) pts – JL: *Deeply colored, the nose is packed with blackberries, plums, flowers, savory herbs, cigar box and espresso. Earthy, meaty, chewy, sweet, red it fruits, savory herbs and spice fill the medium-bodied mid-palate and vibrant finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. ABV 15% 3.8 pH. Drink from 2026-2040.* - 05/2023