James Suckling

Lovely balance to this wine and you see polished tannins with ovaltine and hazelnut character. Medium body. Juicy. From organically grown grapes. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc.

Markus del Monego MW

On the palate well structured with ripe tannins, juicy fruit, plums and chocolate coated prunes, fine spices and floral hints. Very good length.

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Bettane et Desseauve

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Sweet, cherries, plums, cocoa, violets, and spicy kirsch notes work perfectly with the wines, medium-bodied, core of red pit fruits, espresso and cocoa. The finish with with its silkiness holds your attention making you want to take another sip.

Bettane & Desseauve

Decanter

Vibrant colour, deep vivid purple. Amazingly scented, perfumed and expressive on the nose, vanilla, white chocolate, creamy red cherries, plums, raspberries, toast and liquorice. Juicy and sharp, high acidity makes the mark straight away before a clean, salty, stony texture comes through. Fruit is concentrated but also crisp and lively giving a sense of joy and energy, before the structure and power come in, focussing the wine into more of a straight line towards the pointed finish. Long and detailed with freshness and soft spiced elements from the Cabernet Franc. There’s a lot of tannins here but balanced by acidity. Feels like hands off winemaker, careful not to extract too much weight and mass. Ageing 12 months, 50% new, 50% one year. Earliest harvest ever starting on 5 September finishing on the 17th. A yield of 30hl/ha. Extraction was very gentle according to winemaker Eric Monneret. 'It was such a strong vintage with the risk of creating a monster. You have to accept not to take everything'.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

An open and welcoming nose, supple tannins and natural concentration to the creamy raspberry and red cherry fruits. Grilled cedar, vanilla bean, coffee, plenty of juice, this is a great vintage to get to grips with the improvements that have been happening at La Pointe, and it's a delicious wine with appellation signature. Eric Monneret director, Pierre Candelier winemaker.

The Wine Independent

The 2022 La Pointe, 84% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Franc, is deep garnet-purple in color. Juicy blackberries, plum preserves, and raspberry coulis notes jump from the glass followed by suggestions of violets, tar, and cracked black pepper with a waft of aniseed. The medium to full-bodied palate is laden with savory-laced black fruits, supported by grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing on a lingering licorice note. pH 3.7.

Terre de Vins

La Revue du Vin de France

Andrew Caillard MW

Deep crimson. Fresh and classical dark plum, black cherry aromas and flavours, fine looseknit chocolaty tannins, attractive mid palate density and fresh long mineral acidity. Some savoury notes at the finish. (Merlot Cabernet Franc 50% new oak)

VV Wine

Ripe fruity, with pickled cherries, plums and some garrigue. Slim, taut on the palate, gripping, fine-grained tannins, crisp red fruit, spicy and with sour cherries in the finish. An elegant, fresh La Pointe.

Matthew Jukes