Château Croizet-Bages 5. Cru Classé Pauillac 2016 (1 Flasche 0,750 Liter)

"The 2016 Croizet Bages has a clean and well-defined bouquet with tobacco-tinged black fruit, conservative but nicely focused. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm and grainy tannin. It displays some elegance towards the finish, something that I do not always find in this Pauillac growth and it may well mature into a fine, probably earlier-drinking 2016 compared to its peers. But there is a sense of style in situ."
89-91/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2019 - 2030


"Lots of blackcurrant and hot-stone character on the nose. Full and tannic with a chewy finish. Shows structure. Very well done."
92-93/100 Punkte


"The 2016 Croizet-Bages is plump, juicy and delicious. There is lovely immediacy to the 2016. A rush of black cherry, plum, licorice, smoke and tobacco meld together in this pliant, open-knit Pauillac. I suppose the 2016 could use just a bit more focus, as it is a bit diffuse today. Hopefully that will come with time. There is good potential here."
86-89/100 Punkte


"Packed with black currant acidity, this juicy wine comes from an improving estate. It has plenty of generous fruit cut by intense acidity. The wine's balance suggests cellaring until 2026."
91-93/100 Punkte


"Very ripe cassis. Cool finish. Not too much heart and soul and a bit austere on the end but very correct and very bordelais. "
16.5/20 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2023 - 2037


"This is a little overly coffee-drenched on the attack, although I have really been enjoying the resurgence of Croizet-Bages over the last few vintages and it has become a Pauillac to watch. Once the attack subsides, this is tight and deep with intense black fruits, juicy on the finish. A good showing."
91/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2025-2040


"Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, dezente Randaufhellung, zarte Dörrobstnuancen, tabakig, ein Hauch von Kräuterwürze. Mittlerer Körper, zart nach reifen Pflaumen, präsente, etwas fordernde Tannine, dunkler Nougat im Abgang, etwas rustikal."
90-92/100 Punkte