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2020 Château Les Cruzelles, Lalande de Pomerol... FLAG TEST
From the Durantou family of wines, this is a bottle that will never disappoint. There's a coolness here, but still so much fruit, and wonderful tannic structure. For a wine at this price point this will age brilliantly - everyone should have a bottle or two in their cellar.
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Duty paid means taxes are included and the wine is ready for home delivery and drinking.
Size
- Case of 6 x 75cl0in basket
Wine specification
- ProducerChâteau Les Cruzelles
- ColourRed Wine
- SweetnessDry
- Region & CountryRight Bank, Bordeaux, France
- ABV14.5%
- Grape(s)80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
- MaturityReady to drink 2026 – 2039
- StyleStill Wine
Product Description
From the Durantou family of wines, this is a bottle that will never disappoint. There's a coolness here, but still so much fruit, and wonderful tannic structure. For a wine at this price point this will age brilliantly - everyone should have a bottle or two in their cellar.
Critic Scores
92-93/100 – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
27/05/2021
Black earth and clay with dark-berry and violet character. It’s medium-to full- bodied with creamy tannins and a fresh finish. More opulent than the 2019.
16.5/20 – Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com
01/05/2021
Aromatic nose and palate with lifted red-berry notes. Lively, juicy and smooth, the tannins tempered and fine. Some persistence but a touch dry on the finish. Joyful and balanced but probably for earlier drinking.
90-92/100 – Neal Martin, vinous.com
01/05/2021
The 2020 Les Cruzelles offers plenty of brambly red fruit on the nose, where touches of undergrowth, menthol and cassis unfold with time. Compared to the La Chenade, there is a little more showiness here. The palate is medium-bodied with superb acidity that cuts through the graphite-tinged black fruit. Displaying wonderful focus and energy from start to finish, this is a classy Lalande de Pomerol that should give 12–15 years of drinking pleasure. Superb.
94/100 – Jane Anson, Decanter
01/05/2021
Stands out from La Chenade in the vintage, with its velvet texture and a more serious sculpted feel overall. Tobacco and liquorice notes besides black cherry and raspberry fruits, good tension, serious but with Lalande-de-Pomerol unfussy appeal. 3.72pH. A yield of 38hl/ha.