Wine: 2022 Talbot
Score/Rating: 96
Review Date: 06/05/2025
Reviewed By: Chris Kissack
Tasting Notes: This grand vin from Jean-Michel Laporte is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon with 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. It has a nose which is dense, dark, smoky and brooding, laden with dark chocolate, dried red fruits, toast, crushed chalk and tobacco - I cannot remember the last time I encountered a Talbot so seductive and yet also so dark and brooding. The palate follows on in the same character, all dense, dark and energetic, with masses of tannic structure but in a polished, complete and coherent style, wrapping themselves around the palate but never dominating. A huge success for Talbot here, a wine dense with tannin and potential, and this is quite possibly set to be one of the greatest ever vintages from this property. Come back in ten or twenty years to find out. Chapeau! Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13.5%.

Wine: Chateau Talbot St.-Julien 2022
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: Best from 2027 through 2045
Review Date: 05/31/2025
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Tasting Notes: This delivers an energetic tumble of blackberry, boysenberry and black currant paste flavors injected with bramble and apple wood and supported by a licorice snap accent. The strapping finish is laced with violet and iris notes, while a cast iron edge lends bass. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2027 through 2045.

Wine: Chateau Talbot St.-Julien 2022
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: Drink after 2028
Review Date: 01/07/2025
Reviewed By: James Suckling
Tasting Notes: The aromas of blackcurrants and dried flowers with fresh herbs like basil and rosemary are extremely attractive. Medium- to full-bodied, this has firm and velvety tannins with a tension and focus that I have not seen for a while. Long and chewy finish. Solid. Drink after 2028 and beyond.

Wine: 2022 Chateau Talbot
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2025 - 2055
Review Date: 02/27/2025
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: Smoky currants, tobacco leaf, leather, and chocolaty notes all define the 2022 Chateau Talbot, a sensationally textured, concentrated, medium to full-bodied Saint-Julien. It has plenty of mid-palate depth, ripe, building tannins, beautiful overall balance, and a great finish. Based on 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, raised in 60% new oak, it's one of the all-time greats from this chateau and will have three decades of longevity.

Wine: Chateau Talbot, St-Julien, 4eme Cru Classe, Bordeaux, France 2022
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2029 - 2048
Review Date: 12/14/2024
Reviewed By: Georgie Hindle
Tasting Notes: Glossy and shiny, with lots of energy to the clean red berry fruit and slightly mineral-edged tannins. Easy to enjoy, this is smooth and round. More direct than overly plush or wide, but with great persistence to a long finish. The purity of the fruit and acidity give this strong appeal even at this early stage.

Wine: 2022 Chateau Talbot (St. Julien)
Score/Rating: 94
Suggested Drinking Window: 2028 - 2055
Review Date: 03/01/2025
Tasting Notes: Fresh, lively, long, and aromatic, the palate is elegant, and vibrant, delivering its fruit-packed profile, with its lift, sweetness, length, and complexity easily. This is the best vintage of Talbot I've tasted in ages, as well as a contender for the best wine produced in the history of the estate. The wine blends 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2055.

Wine: Chateau Talbot 2022 Barrel sample (Saint-Julien)
Score/Rating: 94
Review Date: 11/02/2023
Reviewed By: Roger Voss
Tasting Notes: 93-95 Barrel sample. The wine is rich, finely balanced with layers of black fruits. Underlying tannins promise well. It is already dense, with great acidity and structure to propel the wine forward.

Wine: 2022 Talbot
Score/Rating: 93
Suggested Drinking Window: 2030 - 2050
Review Date: 01/2026
Reviewed By: Neal Martin 
Tasting Notes: The 2022 Talbot is far superior on the nose to the previous three Saint-Juliens. Finally, much more delineation and mineralite, blackberry and light pencil box scents coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with rounded tannins, supple in the mouth, more savoury than expected, with a touch of bitterness right on the finish. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.

Wine: 2022 Talbot
Score/Rating: 93
Suggested Drinking Window: 2027 - 2045
Review Date: 03/06/2025
Reviewed By: William Kelley
Tasting Notes: The 2022 Talbot has turned out nicely in bottle, bursting with aromas of cherries, berries, orange zest and petals, framed by a touch of toasty new oak. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered, with a rich core of fruit, ripe tannins and a long, cigar-inflected finish, it's a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot that matured in 60% new oak.

Wine: 2022 Talbot
Score/Rating: 96
Review Date: 06/05/2025
Reviewed By: Chris Kissack
Tasting Notes: This grand vin from Jean-Michel Laporte is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon with 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. It has a nose which is dense, dark, smoky and brooding, laden with dark chocolate, dried red fruits, toast, crushed chalk and tobacco - I cannot remember the last time I encountered a Talbot so seductive and yet also so dark and brooding. The palate follows on in the same character, all dense, dark and energetic, with masses of tannic structure but in a polished, complete and coherent style, wrapping themselves around the palate but never dominating. A huge success for Talbot here, a wine dense with tannin and potential, and this is quite possibly set to be one of the greatest ever vintages from this property. Come back in ten or twenty years to find out. Chapeau! Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13.5%.

Wine: Chateau Talbot St.-Julien 2022
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: Best from 2027 through 2045
Review Date: 05/31/2025
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Tasting Notes: This delivers an energetic tumble of blackberry, boysenberry and black currant paste flavors injected with bramble and apple wood and supported by a licorice snap accent. The strapping finish is laced with violet and iris notes, while a cast iron edge lends bass. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2027 through 2045.

Wine: Chateau Talbot St.-Julien 2022
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: Drink after 2028
Review Date: 01/07/2025
Reviewed By: James Suckling
Tasting Notes: The aromas of blackcurrants and dried flowers with fresh herbs like basil and rosemary are extremely attractive. Medium- to full-bodied, this has firm and velvety tannins with a tension and focus that I have not seen for a while. Long and chewy finish. Solid. Drink after 2028 and beyond.

Wine: 2022 Chateau Talbot
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2025 - 2055
Review Date: 02/27/2025
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: Smoky currants, tobacco leaf, leather, and chocolaty notes all define the 2022 Chateau Talbot, a sensationally textured, concentrated, medium to full-bodied Saint-Julien. It has plenty of mid-palate depth, ripe, building tannins, beautiful overall balance, and a great finish. Based on 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, raised in 60% new oak, it's one of the all-time greats from this chateau and will have three decades of longevity.

Wine: Chateau Talbot, St-Julien, 4eme Cru Classe, Bordeaux, France 2022
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2029 - 2048
Review Date: 12/14/2024
Reviewed By: Georgie Hindle
Tasting Notes: Glossy and shiny, with lots of energy to the clean red berry fruit and slightly mineral-edged tannins. Easy to enjoy, this is smooth and round. More direct than overly plush or wide, but with great persistence to a long finish. The purity of the fruit and acidity give this strong appeal even at this early stage.

Wine: 2022 Chateau Talbot (St. Julien)
Score/Rating: 94
Suggested Drinking Window: 2028 - 2055
Review Date: 03/01/2025
Tasting Notes: Fresh, lively, long, and aromatic, the palate is elegant, and vibrant, delivering its fruit-packed profile, with its lift, sweetness, length, and complexity easily. This is the best vintage of Talbot I've tasted in ages, as well as a contender for the best wine produced in the history of the estate. The wine blends 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2055.

Wine: Chateau Talbot 2022 Barrel sample (Saint-Julien)
Score/Rating: 94
Review Date: 11/02/2023
Reviewed By: Roger Voss
Tasting Notes: 93-95 Barrel sample. The wine is rich, finely balanced with layers of black fruits. Underlying tannins promise well. It is already dense, with great acidity and structure to propel the wine forward.

Wine: 2022 Talbot
Score/Rating: 93
Suggested Drinking Window: 2030 - 2050
Review Date: 01/2026
Reviewed By: Neal Martin 
Tasting Notes: The 2022 Talbot is far superior on the nose to the previous three Saint-Juliens. Finally, much more delineation and mineralite, blackberry and light pencil box scents coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with rounded tannins, supple in the mouth, more savoury than expected, with a touch of bitterness right on the finish. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.

Wine: 2022 Talbot
Score/Rating: 93
Suggested Drinking Window: 2027 - 2045
Review Date: 03/06/2025
Reviewed By: William Kelley
Tasting Notes: The 2022 Talbot has turned out nicely in bottle, bursting with aromas of cherries, berries, orange zest and petals, framed by a touch of toasty new oak. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered, with a rich core of fruit, ripe tannins and a long, cigar-inflected finish, it's a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot that matured in 60% new oak.