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2015

Château Sansonnet

Libournais · Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

A wine that wants to be awesome, but isn't quite there yet. The front end hits the palate with intense blackberry, black raspberry, bitter chocolate, and earthy black soil, but then the attack…

Reviewed 27 April 2020
2016

Château Sansonnet

Libournais · Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Punchy and somewhat bitter on the back end, which makes for a linear and tight execution of flavors at the moment. Compacted and obviously young, the delivery vibes-off a stubbornness to open up and…

Reviewed 9 December 2019