The heat of 2022 gives traces of cumin and rosemary spice, focused and intense, with clear tannin integration even at this early stage, with the alcohol coming through in a creamy texture rather than heat. Plenty of ripe berry fruit, with cocoa bean and espresso. The Bishop Rey wines are impressive across this vintage, worth looking out for and a reflection of how well Castillon performed as a whole. Harvest September 13, Thomas Barbe technical director, Thomas Duclos consultant, Emmanuelle Fulchi winemaker. Ageing in a mix of 33% new oak barrels and the rest in large wooden vats, 0.7ha plot of vines at 93m altitude.