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2016 Château La Croix St. Georges, Pomerol, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - youthful (Drink 2022 - 2044)
Antonio Galloni
87-90/100
Jane Anson MW
87/100
Neal Martin
90-92/100
James Suckling
92-93/100
Product: 20168221203

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2016 Château La Croix St. Georges, Pomerol, Bordeaux

Description

The 2016 La Croix St Georges is a blend of 94% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc picked from 4-10 October and matured in 50% new oak. The alcohol comes in at 13.8%.

This has quite an opulent black cherry and boysenberry-scented bouquet with a hint of black olive in the background. The palate is smooth on the entry, quite rounded with good body, slightly lower in acidity than its peers, and with a caressing finish. It just needs a touch of detail and precision to come through on the finish. Maybe this is just a notch below the 2015, but it may well gain more sophistication in barrel.

Drink 2021 - 2038

Neil Martin, Wine Advocate (April 2017)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2022 - 2044)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château La Croix Saint Georges

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni 87-90/100

Tasted two times

The 2016 La Croix St. Georges is a supple, easygoing Pomerol with good depth and resonance but less in the way of either complexity or structure. Succulent red cherry, plum, espresso, mocha and sweet floral notes add to the wine's considerable immediacy. The 2016 should be a fine early drinker.
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Apr 2017)
Jane Anson MW 87/100

Here we have bright, zesty tannins and black fruits, but a slightly drying finish. For medium-term drinking. A Janoueix wine.

Drink 2023 - 2038
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2017)
Neal Martin 90-92/100

The 2016 La Croix St Georges is a blend of 94% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc picked from 4-10 October and matured in 50% new oak. The alcohol comes in at 13.8%.

This has quite an opulent black cherry and boysenberry-scented bouquet with a hint of black olive in the background. The palate is smooth on the entry, quite rounded with good body, slightly lower in acidity than its peers, and with a caressing finish. It just needs a touch of detail and precision to come through on the finish. Maybe this is just a notch below the 2015, but it may well gain more sophistication in barrel.

Drink 2021 - 2038
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Apr 2017)
James Suckling 92-93/100

The palate is tangy and minerally, with lots of crushed stone and berry character. It is full and chewy. I'm looking forward to seeing its evolution in barrel.
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2017)

About this wine

Pomerol

Pomerol

With 150 or so producers and roughly 740 hectares of vineyards, the smallest of Bordeaux's major appellations is home to myriad bijou domaines – many making little more than 1,000 cases per annum. If the topography and architecture of Pomerol are typical, the style of its wines is anything but. The best vineyards are planted on a seam of rich clay extending across the raised plateau of Pomerol from the boundary of St Emilion.
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