Quite a scented and fresh Gloria with lovely fragrance and firmness. Nothing overstated this year, showing beautiful texture and restraint. This initial balance as well as sharp-etched tannins will give it the ability to age. Drink from 2028.
96 points, Zekun Shuai, James Suckling (Jan 2025)
Cassis, spicy oak, exotic blue fruits, and chocolate notes all emerge from the 2022 Château Gloria, a concentrated yet beautifully balanced, medium to full-bodied effort from this team. It has terrific purity, a chalky sense of minerality, ample tannins, and a great finish. The 2022 is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, aged 14 months in barrel. Hide bottles for 4-6 years if you can and enjoy over the following two decades.
94 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Feb 2025)
The 2022 Gloria, bottled in July 2024, has a tightly wound nose that is not as immediate as other Saint-Juliens alumni, though it gains harmony and purity with time. Pencil box and light sous-bois scents percolate through. This has wonderful precision. The palate is medium-bodied with a grainy texture. It's expressive in terms of Merlot (35% of the blend) with a splash of soy on the finish. This Gloria has much to offer but needs three or four more orbits around the sun in bottle.
94 points, Neal Martin, Vinous (Feb 2025)
Deep plum colour, plenty of tannic grip that delivers poise and a frame that holds the deeply concentrated spices, sandalwood, campfire, cassis, blueberry, eucalyptus and mint. Edge of exuberance without going overboard. In biodynamic conversion. An upscore from En Primeur.
94 points, Jane Anson (Mar 2025)
The 2022 Gloria is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 9% Petit Verdot. It is truly dark and brooding on the nose, with plenty of dark chocolate and toast notes, showing more density than it does freshness. The palate is broad, dark and toasted, with layers of chalky black olive, liquorice, toast, tar and charcoal, set in a fine texture with a rich and finely polished substance, draped over a rich bed of ripe tannins. A confident structure here, in an imposing blend, the tannins lingering long in the finish, and a wine which will clearly need a lot of cellar time. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13%, modest for this vintage.
94 points, Chris Kissack, Wine Independent (Jun 2025)
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