2020 Château de Millery, St Emilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux, France

The 2020 Millery is a dense, powerful Saint-Émilion. It is also one of the richer, more potent wines I have tasted here. Inky dark fruit, chocolate, lavender and cloves infuse the 2020 with tremendous depth. In most vintages Millery is a more delicate, understated Saint-Émilion, but the 2020 is quite the powerhouse, as witnessed by its huge center of plush, concentrated fruit. I would give it a few years in bottle to shed some of its considerable baby fat. It will be fascinating to taste it in a vertical (or on its own!) somewhere down the line.