2016 d'Escurac (Haut Medoc)
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A wine that we regularly have on standby at home, because it usually overdelivers for the price. The exceptional 2016 vintage is a case in point, and you are going to get a muscular wine that just could be a Pauillac, with its cassis and bilberry fruits, and clove spice notes.
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James Suckling
Neal Martin
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Blackberry, licorice and tar aromas follow through to a full body with chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. A blend of merlot and cabernet sauvignon. Needs a year or two to soften. Drink after 2020.
55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot. Inky crimson. Not very open on the nose, though there is some oak spice in evidence alongside the dusty black fruit. Very dry in texture, could do with a little more flesh. (JH)
The 2016 D'Escurac has a lively fresh and joyful bouquet with plenty of blackberry and raspberry aromas, a sense of minerality coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, svelte in texture with luscious blackberry and tar towards the more Right Bank-style finish. Not bad at all.