The mark of all great vintages isn’t just when the top wines score big, it is when the small wines, the petit chateaux produce wines offering quality, character, value and consumer friendly prices. 2016 Bordeaux is loaded with delicious, Bordeaux value wines.
Frost decimated parts of Bordeaux. Growers report up to 90% of their potential 2017 crop destroyed. This is heart breakng and it can effect 2016 pricing too.
2016 Pomerol at its best, is Pomerol at its best! While the results are mixed at several estates, a few properties have produced the best wine in their entire history!
2016 Pessac Leognan might be the least consistent appellation in this vintage. But there are several stunning wines this year, and a few estates made the best wine in the history of the property!
If you love, like or are just curious about what a great wine from Pauillac is, run, do not walk and buy some of the 2016 Pauillac wines. The vintage here is breathtaking, from top to bottom! In fact, this is the best vintage ever encountered in Pauillac!
The 2016 Margaux appellation is not quite at the same level as the other worldly 2015, but for many chateaux, it is quite close. The wines are elegant, stylish and everything you want from a Margaux wine.
2016 St. Julien is close to the pinnacle for this appellation. The wines are full bodied, rich, seductive and powerful, yet, refined, elegant and even sexy. The level of quality is great from top to bottom here, this year!