JAMES SUCKLING 93 POINTS - "This has a vibrant nose of brambleberries, redcurrants, stones, bay leaves, praline, lemon peel and chocolate. It’s medium-to full-bodied with juicy wild fruit, framed by a precise frame of firm, tightly knit tannins. 60% cabernet franc and 40% merlot. Try after 2025."
WINE ADVOCATE 92 POINTS - "From vines at the foot of the slope opposite Canon la Gaffelière comes the Vauthier family's 2019 Haut-Simard, a promising young wine that exhibits aromas of cherries, raspberries, violets, raw cocoa and sweet spices. Medium to full-bodied, lively and nicely concentrated, it's youthfully structured and will reward bottle age. It contains an appreciable percentage of Cabernet Franc planted at high density."
WINE ADVOCATE 92 POINTS - "From vines at the foot of the slope opposite Canon la Gaffelière comes the Vauthier family's 2019 Haut-Simard, a promising young wine that exhibits aromas of cherries, raspberries, violets, raw cocoa and sweet spices. Medium to full-bodied, lively and nicely concentrated, it's youthfully structured and will reward bottle age. It contains an appreciable percentage of Cabernet Franc planted at high density."
