Château Destieux: Tasting & Drinking
The style at Château Destieux is one I really rather admire, being rich in dark fruits, not just the occasional note of black cherry and damson but richer and more complex notes of black olive too, and this comes wrapped in a cool and upright texture. In this respect the wines bear some resemblance to others from this particular corner of St Emilion, not least the charming Château de Pressac. This leads me to suppose that the cold limestones and slightly cooler climate in these parts are responsible for this shared aromatic and organoleptic profile, but equally, in the case of Château Destieux at least, one has to wonder whether the inclusion of Cabernet Sauvignon might also contribute to this particular character.
Whatever the reason, in recent vintages – except for the weak 2013 vintage, when just about everybody in Bordeaux missed the target by a mile – I have found consistent pleasure in the wines. These are dark, coolly built, substantial wines which will drink well in their relative youth, but which will surely also develop in an interesting manner over ten years, and perhaps for longer than that. (24/3/17)
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