Dame de Bouard - Montagne Saint-Emilion 2020

Wine Advocate

87-89 / 100

par Lisa Perrotti-Brown le 01/07/2021

Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2020 La Dame de Bouärd wafts out of the glass with fragrant notes of lavender and roses over a core of stewed plums, dried mulberries and woodsmoke. The medium-bodied palate has a chewy texture and impressive freshness supporting the savory flavors, finishing with an invigorating lift.

Le Figaro

89-91 / 100

le 02/06/2021

Beaucoup de fraîcheur sur un fruit croquant, avec des notes de petits fruits rouges très gourmandes. La bouche est encore marquée par le bois, mais on sent bien une matière fluide, étirée qui va rapidement dominer les tannins. Une cuvée tout en fruit et en fraîcheur, résolument pimpante.

Vinous

87-89 / 100

par Antonio Galloni le 01/06/2021

The 2020 Dame de Boüard is a powerful, brooding wine. Strong floral and savory accents wrap around a core of inky red fruit, and the Cabernet aromatics are especially marked. There a few hard edges at present, but hopefully élevage can sort these out.

Vinous

89-91 / 100

par Neal Martin le 27/05/2021

The 2020 Dame de Boüard has an attractive, lively and pure nose of perfumed blackberry, violet and incense aromas that seem to blossom with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, and quite saline on the entry, with good acidity. Muscular on the finish, but I can abide that because there is good length and it should mellow during its élevage and lose some of its stockiness.

The Wine Cellar Insider

89-91 / 100

par Jeff Leve le 21/05/2021

Soft, lush, ripe and forward with a focus on its cocoa-infused plums, cherries and licorice. There is a nice polish to the tannins, and ample, sweet fruit in the finish, making this just great to enjoy on release. 89-91

Anthocyanes

88-90 / 100

par Yohan Castaing le 11/05/2021

Fruits frais et légèrement cassis et myrtille, le bouquet est mentholé et gourmand. Texture charnue, juteuse, enrobée comme des argiles toujours avec une trame aromatique fruitée et élégante. Un joli vin de plaisir.

Falstaff

89-91 / 100

le 10/05/2021

Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Frische Kirschen, ein Hauch von reifen Pflaumen, feine Holzwürze unterlegt. Mittlere Komplexität, reife Feigen, dezente Süße, etwas weitmaschig, integrierte Tannine, Kakao im Abgang, bietet unkompliziertes Trinkvergnügen.