CHÂTEAU LA GARDE
2016 Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan
| Grapes | Petit Verdot, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Village | Pessac-Léognan |
| Classification | Cru Classé |
| ABV | 14% |
62% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc 5%, Petit Verdot 2%. Purple and dark, this is a lovely bright fleshy Graves with a powerful tight weave of fruit and fine tannin - excellent length to the fruit. Drinking range: 2023 - 2032 Rating: 91-92 L&S (Apr 2017)
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The 2016 La Garde has a lifted bouquet of violet-tinged red fruit, mint and light cedar scents. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and simple black fruit laced with tobacco, leading to a nicely defined if straitlaced finish that just needs 3–4 years in bottle. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Drinking range: 2023 - 2035 Rating: 90 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Aug 2020)
Coming from the consulting team of Michel Rolland, the 2016 Château La Garde is a beauty from the Graves region that delivers classic notes of tobacco and leafy herbs, gravelly minerality, smoked earth, and assorted dark fruits. Deep ruby/purple-colored, medium to full-bodied, with ripe tannins and a mouthfilling texture, I’d happily drink bottles over the coming 10-15 years. Drinking range: 2019 - 2034 Rating: 90 Jeb Dunnuck, www.jebdunnuck.com (Feb 2019)
The 2016 La Garde is plump, juicy and expressive, with lovely savory notes that add nuance to the dark, fleshed fruit. Time and élevage have done much to help the 2016 find its focus. This is very nicely done. Drinking range: 2019 - 2024 Rating: 89 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Jan 2019)
Château La Garde
Château La Garde is a medium-sized property with 47 hectares of vineyards in Pessac-Léognan, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc. The Cabernet-dominated red wines are soft, well structured and packed with smooth, ripe fruit which makes them very attractive young, though they also possess good medium-term cellaring potential. Bought by the dynamic Bordeaux merchant Dourthe in the 1980s, this gem of an estate displays the true Graves minerality underneath an exuberant cassis-and-plums aroma. After huge initial investment in the vineyard and cellar immense care is now lavished upon the wine itself, and any re-assessment of the Pessac-Léognan classification would surely see this wine elevated to Cru Classé status
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