2023 Château La Garde, Pessac-Léognan

Tasted April 2024. The 2023 vintage marks a new era at Chateau La Garde, with a significant reduction in production of this, their first wine. It concentrates on Cabernet from the highest terrace, with deep gravel. Concentrated and pure with blackcurrant, plum, and a broad feel to the tannins on the palate that are ripe and grippy. Refreshing and gourmand on the palate with savoury notes towards the finish and subtle herbal notes.

View product details

Show in bond pricing Buying in bond means the wine is stored in a bonded warehouse and no duty or VAT has been paid—ideal for storage or resale.
Duty paid means taxes are included and the wine is ready for home delivery and drinking.

Bottle

0

in basket

This product is En Primeur and only available for purchase to cellar. Buy to cellar only.

Wine specification

Producer
Château La Garde
Colour
Red Wine
Sweetness
Dry
Region & Country
Graves, Bordeaux, France
ABV Please note this is an estimated ABV and will be updated when the wine arrives in the UK.
13.5%
Maturity
Young 2028 – 2048
Style
Still Wine

Product Description

Critic Scores

90-93/100 – Antonio Galloni, vinous.com

30/04/2024

The 2023 La Garde is the first wine made in the new cellar, part of a strategy that includes a focus on Cabernet Sauvignon on blocks planted on gravel, and a reduction of the Grand Vin by 50%. Deep and imposing in feel, the 2023 offers up a mélange of dark-toned fruit, leather, incense, licorice and scorched earth. The tannins are a bit imposing at this stage.

90-92/100 – Neal Martin, vinous.com

29/04/2024

The 2023 La Garde has a lifted bouquet that is nicely defined, with plenty of blackberry and bilberry fruit and subtle loamy scents percolating through. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, good body and ample structure, but it delivers more fruit than some of its peers. La Garde has been an improving estate in recent years, and this is another fine wine to add to that roster.

92-93/100 – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

22/04/2024

Solid and structured with good volume and length, showing notes of dark fruit and walnuts. Medium-bodied with compact, velvety tannins. The finish is firm and even.

91-93/100 – Yohan Castaing, robertparker.com

01/04/2023

Owned by Maison Dourthe, this estate has strategically chosen to concentrate on cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon grapes on the central plateau, renowned for its gravelly soils. The 2023 La Garde reflects this focus, exhibiting a deep, complex bouquet of dark wild berries, mulberries, flowers and licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, tense and layered palate with a structured but elegant mid-palate that segues into a long, mineral finish. This is a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 43% Merlot.