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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2025 Sansonnet is remarkable. Explosive and racy, it delivers floral overtones that meld into red/purplish fruit, blood orange, sweet spice and cedar. This is an especially mid-weight, refined Sansonnet, a wine that marries finesse with power. The long, resonant finish is so attractive, but everything about the 2025 speaks to superb balance. Élevage is 50% new oak, 20% once-used barrels, 20% foudre and 10% in amphora. Tasted three times. 04/2026

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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2025 Sansonnet comes from a seven-hectare vineyard close to TrotteVieille, 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon on hard limestone, aged 50% in new oak, lower than before when it was 70-80%, plus amphora and wooden vats. It has a powerful nose that manages to retain delineation, with layers of blackberry and bilberry fruit and a touch of vanillary new oak. This has a little more terroir expression than its "sibling", Soutard-Cadet. The palate is medium-bodied, with fine tannins, actually more low-key than the aromatics imply, fresh acidity and decent sapidity on the finish. I am just seeking a little more complexity to materialise. 05/2026

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Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

Based on 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon that's being raised in 50% new barrels, foudre, and amphora, the 2025 Château Sansonnet comes from cooler, limestone soils. It has gorgeous aromatics of black fruits, cassis, graphite, and roasted herbs with a beautiful, serious mineral streak. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, with a concentrated, layered mouthfeel, ripe, polished, building tannins, and beautifully integrated acidity. Checking in at 13.5% alcohol, this is another brilliant effort from this terrific winemaker. 05/2026

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Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur sombre, intense et belle. Nez très aromatique, au fruité pur, sentant bon la cerise. Bouche juteuse, aérienne, dense et parfumée, avec une grâce particulière et en finale un grand retour de l'arôme, sans dureté tanique. C'est très bon. Assemblage : 85 % Merlot, 10 % Cabernet Franc, 5 % Cabernet Sauvignon. Degré d'alcool : 13°5 - pH : 3,33. Rendement : 32 hl/ha. Elevage : 50 % barriques neuves, 20 % barriques d'un vin, 25 % foudre bois d'un vin et 5 % amphore. 04/2026

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James Suckling

James Suckling

A solid and creamy red with blackberry, stone and light chalk aromas that follow through to a medium body with a fresh and caressing finish. Excellent. 85% merlot, 10% cabernet franc and 5% cabernet sauvignon. 04/2026