2016 Thomas St Vincent Septentrionale
Blueberry and bitumen,plum and cloves, graphite too, florals, dry liquorice. It's a bit too boozy but weight, complexity and x-factor are most definitely on its side. This is a pretty classy red. It delivers fruit and it promotes savouriness. It's a hot black road of a wine and it takes you places. Tannin is webbed and fine. And for all its might and warmth it remains fresh. It's been deftly made, if not deftly picked.
93/100 - Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front [August 2019]
2016 Thomas St Vincent Provencale
Sturdy, clean, characterful and warm. It feels both meticulous and hefty. Musk sticks, chalk, dark berries, asphalt and a rusty earthen character. Dry red soil with lolly powder sprinkled over. Alcohol intrudes or plays a key role but otherwise it's exemplary. Drink 2020 - 2030.
92/100 - Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front [August 2019]
2016 Thomas St Vincent Provencale
This deeply coloured blend is nigh on identical to its '17 sibling, but the wine is massively different, the fruit deep, rich and assertive. It has some newer oak, and this will join hands with the fruit through the next decade.
Drink now - 2036.
95/100 - James Halliday - The Wine Companion [February 2020]
2017 Thomas St Vincent Meridionale
Excellent colour. It's lighter than the '18s and shows most on the mid palate with bright, small berry fruits before a savoury finish. Drink now - 2027.
95/100 - James Halliday - The Wine Companion [February 2020]
2018 Thomas St Vincent Provencale Rose'
The pale salmon colour gives no warning of the power and grip of the wine, nor of the war dance between the fruit components on the one hand and savoury earthy notes on the other. Extremely aromatic.
Drink now - 2021.
95/100 - James Halliday - The Wine Companion [February 2020]
Blueberry and bitumen,plum and cloves, graphite too, florals, dry liquorice. It's a bit too boozy but weight, complexity and x-factor are most definitely on its side. This is a pretty classy red. It delivers fruit and it promotes savouriness. It's a hot black road of a wine and it takes you places. Tannin is webbed and fine. And for all its might and warmth it remains fresh. It's been deftly made, if not deftly picked.
93/100 - Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front [August 2019]
2016 Thomas St Vincent Provencale
Sturdy, clean, characterful and warm. It feels both meticulous and hefty. Musk sticks, chalk, dark berries, asphalt and a rusty earthen character. Dry red soil with lolly powder sprinkled over. Alcohol intrudes or plays a key role but otherwise it's exemplary. Drink 2020 - 2030.
92/100 - Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front [August 2019]
2016 Thomas St Vincent Provencale
This deeply coloured blend is nigh on identical to its '17 sibling, but the wine is massively different, the fruit deep, rich and assertive. It has some newer oak, and this will join hands with the fruit through the next decade.
Drink now - 2036.
95/100 - James Halliday - The Wine Companion [February 2020]
2017 Thomas St Vincent Meridionale
Excellent colour. It's lighter than the '18s and shows most on the mid palate with bright, small berry fruits before a savoury finish. Drink now - 2027.
95/100 - James Halliday - The Wine Companion [February 2020]
2018 Thomas St Vincent Provencale Rose'
The pale salmon colour gives no warning of the power and grip of the wine, nor of the war dance between the fruit components on the one hand and savoury earthy notes on the other. Extremely aromatic.
Drink now - 2021.
95/100 - James Halliday - The Wine Companion [February 2020]