After considerable investment, this property is showing its true potential. This wine is full of a great black fruit flavor, with generous acidity and a ripe structure. Its black currant flavor is already showing a delicious side, making it a wine to enjoy in the near term.

Reviewer Name: Roger Voss

Prieuré Lichine has done a great job of capturing the rich concentration in the cassis and blackberry fruits that are easily found in 2018, wrapped up perfectly in juicy, vibrant strands of acidity and tannin. There's no question that this is an intense wine, and although the alcohol is not especially high it has a generous texture. Spice notes lend a sense of uplift to balance out the exuberance of the palate. I expect this will close down for a good few years before coming into its own. Prieuré Lichine operate a gravity-fed winery for gentle handling of the fruit. 2018 saw a yield of 35hl/ha. Aged in 45% new oak.

Drinking Window: 2027 - 2042

Reviewer Name: Jane Anson

The 2018 Prieuré-Lichine is a gorgeous, elegant wine. Strong Cabernet aromatics give the 2018 striking savory notes to play off the natural radiance of the year. Plush and sensual, with no hard edges and terrific balance, the 2018 hits all the right notes. Dried herbs, rose petal, cedar, tobacco and mint linger on the finely cut, persistent finish. This is an especially understated wine for the year.

Drinking Window: 2028 - 2048

Reviewer Name: Antonio Galloni

Review Date: 29th March 2021

This is a very fresh and bright red with lots of blue fruit and linear and fine tannins that have drive down the center palate. 65 per cent cabernet sauvignon, 30 per cent merlot and 5 per cent petit verdot.

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Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Review Date: 23rd April 2019

The 2018 Château Prieuré-Lichine is an attractive, elegant Margaux offering classic, pretty red and black fruits, cedary spice, and dried flowers aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied, elegant, and again, with an incredible floral character, it has a supple, rounded texture that’s going to allow it to drink nicely in its youth, yet it should also evolve for 15+ years or more. I suspect this will surpass the ’14, ’15, and ’16.

The 2018 Prieuré-Lichine has an understated but elegant bouquet of blackberry, briar and light cedar aromas that give way to more floral scents with aeration. The palate is fuller and more voluminous, with thick tannins coating the mouth. This Margaux is almost heady in style, leading to a velvety, voluptuous finish. There is something a little garish about this Prieuré-Lichine at this stage, but if it can temper its excesses before bottling, it may turn out quite delicious.

Drinking Window: 2023 - 2035

Reviewer Name: Neal Martin

Review Date: 14th November 2019