Chateau Grand Mayne Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classe 2022 i trækasse

Decanter

Plump and nicely weighted on the palate. Lovely fragrance and black fruit characters which are clean and pure and inviting. The tannins are almost chewy, powdery and gently fleshy, well integrated, coating the mouth with a crushed stone, liquorice freshness that is really appealing. You can feel the power underneath, clearly concentrated but delivered with precision and detail. A touch 'hot' and spiced on the finish, but there's lots to like here. Still a little compact and reserved but excellent ageing potential.

Jane Anson

The Nony family has produced a silky, intense, balanced but fully charged wine in 2022, with muscular tannic construction, plenty of layers, edges of smoked caramel, blueberry and bilberry fruit, deep colour extraction, cinammon and clove that make the oak impact pretty evident. This is impressive, with ageing ability.

Bettane et Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

James Suckling

Full-bodied yet fresh and linear with bright fruit and firm, fine tannins. Crunchy and minerally. Fresh.

Antonio Galloni

The 2022 Grand Mayne is a fabulous example of the year. Rich and radiant, it offers up sweet red cherry/plum fruit, spice, graphite, mocha, dried flowers and a kiss of sweet French oak. This generous, plush Saint-Émilion deftly marries textural richness with energy as it shows off the unique balance that makes the best wines of this vintage so alluring. There is a bit of new oak that needs to integrate, but there is more than enough depth for that to happen. The 2022 is beautifully put together and poised in the early going. It’s a superb Grand Mayne in the making.

Terre de Vins

La Revue du Vin de France

The Wine Independent

The 2022 Grand Mayne is deep garnet-purple in color. Notes of black cherries, blueberry pie, and sassafras slowly emerge from the glass, giving way to touches of garrigue, Sichuan pepper, and unsmoked cigars. The full-bodied palate delivers firm, rounded tannins and a lively backbone, jam packed with black fruit preserves flavors, finishing long and peppery.

Alexandre Ma

The powdery tannins from limestone dance on the palate, while the silky notes of mulberry and raspberry twirl on the tongue. Château Franc Mayne has truly reached its pinnacle in the 2022 vintage. As an elegant wine, I never worry about its acidity. Instead, I am more concerned about its ability to maintain sufficient concentration. In the intensely rich 2022 vintage, its delicate body has been infused with vigor, transforming from a canary to an eagle soaring high in the sky. It is an absolute masterpiece that combines power and poetry, it is my favorite vintage of Franc Mayne.

Andrew Caillard MW

Deep crimson. Intense pure dark cherry, plum cassis aromas with hints of mocha. Generously concentrated wine with ample dark cherry, plum, blackcurrant fruits and plentiful chocolaty/ soupy tannins. Finishes firm and long. Very chocolaty and dense with underlying savoury notes. (Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon 60% new oak)

The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve

Elegant, floral, fresh, and loaded with sweet, ripe, plums, cherries, licorice, and cocoa, the wine is medium-boded, refined, vibrant and silky and while it can be enjoyed in its youth, it is only going to get better with age. Drink from 2025-2045.

Robert Parker

The 2022 Grand Mayne offers up generous aromas of sweet berry fruit, spices, espresso roast and new oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy palate with a broad, velvety attack and a deep core of fruit framed by powdery tannins that assert themselves on the youthfully chewy finish. This is a ripe, gourmand Saint-Émilion that represents a generous but balanced interpretation of the vintage. If its élevage remains in the background by the time it's in bottle, it may make my review look conservative.

Jeb Dunnuck

Darker plums, currants, iron, and leathery nuances, as well as plenty of background spicy oak, emerge from the 2022 Château Grand Mayne, a ripe, medium to full-bodied, straight-up sexy 2022 with sweet tannins and a great finish. Plush, hedonistic, and balanced are the key words here, and I'd be happy with bottles in the cellar. Tasted multiple times, this should easily be in the same ballpark quality-wise as the 2019 and 2020.