2015 Le Prieuré

94 POINTS

Jane Anson - Decanter

This is an estate that I often feel should be far more celebrated - you just have to take a sip of this to see why. Gourmet and enticing, it is edged by coffee grains, smoky oak and tar. I love the striking fruit on this, with its saline finish, a salty edge that gives a beautiful lift to the silky blackberries. It will age for 20 years plus, really showing the potential of the vintage.

94 POINTS

James Suckling

Inviting dark violets on the nose with a fresh earthy undercurrent and intense blueberries, cassis and blackberry fruits. Some orange peel, too. The palate’s silky, smooth, supple and seamless. Superb. Drink or hold.

93 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2015 Le Prieuré offers is an attractive wine with good depth and plushness. In several recent tastings, the Le Prieuré has been quite reticent, with less of the finesse and nuance it showed from barrel. It will be interesting to see if the wine is just going through a phase. Even in this somewhat less expressive, monolithic state, the 2015 has fine balance as well as potential to develop into something more.

92 POINTS

Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider

Easily the best vintage of Le Prieure ever produced, this wine shows a silky charm, freshness in its plum and black cherry core and soft tannins in the finish.

90 POINTS

Neal Martin - Wine Advocate

The 2015 Le Prieure was rather animally and feral on the nose, quite savory and gourmand in style. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet tannin, chewy and maybe just a little over-extracted because I was seeking more precision and detail on the finish. I would give this three years in bottle since there is the foundation of a fine Saint-Émilion. Anticipated maturity: 2021 - 2035.

90 POINTS

James Molesworth - Wine Spectator

This has a broad layer of warmed fig and boysenberry puree flavors, framed by espresso and tobacco notes. Friendly and fleshy in feel, with a lingering loam echo and a nice sense of polish. Drink now through 2027. 1,449 cases made.  –JM

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2015 Château Le Prieure offers a rich, slightly rustic bouquet of dark fruits, chocolate, toasty oak, and earth, yet packs plenty of fruit and texture on the palate, with a straightforward style. It's not the most ethereal Saint-Emilion out there, but it has some charm, and I suspect will drink well for 7-8 years

Jean-Marc Quarin - Jean-Marc QUARIN

Couleur sombre, intense, belle, pourpre. Nez à la fois fruité, frais et mûr. Bouche suave, particulièrement fruitée, se développant parfumée et caressante vers une longue finale à peine tannique, mais au grain fin. L'élevage pourrait le révéler. 16/20