Saint-Julien AOC · Unclassified (parcels from 1855 classed growths; estate created after 1855)
Château Gloria 2022
Château Gloria · 2022 · Left Bank Bordeaux blend (Cabernet-dominant)
$49.99 · K&L Wines · ordered 2025-06-24 · sku 1857301
Great — 'I'd drink those any day.' Almost bought another bottle at the last in-store K&L visit. Very impressed for the price; value amplified the verdict.
entries reconstructed retroactively, 2026-07-19
A fresh, firm, restrained Saint-Julien for the cellar: cassis and blue fruit over a chalky, pencil-box minerality, framed by tobacco leaf and creamy oak, with sharp-etched, grainy tannins built to age.
Descriptors
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cassis
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Julien AOCclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonblueberry
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Petit Verdotplum
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Julien AOCclassic for Merlotblackberry
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Julien AOCclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonclassic for Merlotclassic for Petit Verdotviolet
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Julien AOCclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonclassic for Petit Verdotclassic for Cabernet Francmint
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonchalk
present in this bottle’s notesgraphite
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Julien AOCclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonforest floor
present in this bottle’s notescedar
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Julien AOCclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonclassic for Cabernet Francvanilla
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonclassic for Merlotdark chocolate
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonclassic for Merlotlicorice
present in this bottle’s notestobacco
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Julien AOCclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonclassic for Merlotclassic for Cabernet Francdried cherry
present in this bottle’s notesThe vintage
2022 was a historically hot, dry year in the Médoc, with extreme drought and repeated heatwaves. Yet relatively cool nights preserved acidity and aromatic freshness, and older vines reached deep gravel to find water, so the vines came through the heat better than expected.
A paradox vintage: concentrated, ripe, and deeply coloured, but with surprising freshness, precision, and grippy structure rather than jammy heaviness. In this Gloria the year shows as a tightly wound, firm wine that needs cellaring to unfurl.
Vineyard
Deep gravel over clay and limestone — classic Saint-Julien Left Bank terroir.
Cabernet Sauvignon-led planting with a large Merlot share, plus Petit Verdot and a little Cabernet Franc.
Parcels dispersed across Saint-Julien, originally carved out of neighbouring classed-growth vineyards.
In the cellar & winery
Standard Left Bank vinification at the Domaines Henri Martin cellars.
About 14 months in barrel, with a portion of new French oak.
Bottled July 2024; roughly 17,000 cases produced.
Composition
- Cabernet Sauvignon 50%
- Merlot 35%
- Petit Verdot 9%
- Cabernet Franc 6%
vintage-specific blend · abv 13.8%