Château Le Prieuré - Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Grand Cru Classé) - 2013 | French Red Wine

This estate is now under the wing of the Suravenir insurance group, which is also sponsoring the great improvements at Calon Ségur. Pénélope Godefroy remains as winemaker. There is plenty of untapped potential here, with a variety of plots close to Troplong Mondot, Trotte Vieille and Pavie Macquin, among others. This wine plays to the strengths of the vineyard’s limestone soils, with bright, modern and sapid fruit notes interwoven with shiny, sleek tannins. This is a very persuasive wine, definitively from St Emilion’s côtes, and meticulously constructed.