Critic Notes
Dense and layered with blueberry and chocolate character. Medium body, fine tannins and a flavorful finish. Racy and refined already. Mar 2017, www.jamessuckling.com
Score: 92-93 / 100James Suckling
The 2016 Sénéjac has an attractive bouquet with floral-tinged red and black fruit—strawberry pastilles and just a touch of bay leaf, nicely defined and gaining intensity with aeration. The palate is very well balanced with fine tannin, well-judged acidity, very harmonious with assiduous use of new oak. This is a very stylish Haut-Médoc, one of the best that I have tasted in many years. This comes highly recommended. Apr 2017, www.robertparker.com, Drink: 2022-2042
Score: 91-93 / 100Neal MartinDrinking Window: 2022-2042
Showing deep color, this wine is medium/full-bodied with soft tannins, an open personality and fresh, polished, earthy fruits in the finish. Apr 2017, www.thewinecellarinsider.com
Score: 90-92 / 100Jeff Leve
From the Bignon-Cordier family, this is a sleek, sexy Médoc with good chewy tannins and a lovely rich texture to the blackberry fruit. It has a serious edge, showing some menthol notes on the finish and a feeling of freshness that accompanies the entire experience beginning to end. Good persistency. A successful vintage here. Apr 2017, www.decanter.com, Drink: 2023-2040
Score: 91 / 100DecanterDrinking Window: 2023-2040
Relaxed, well-integrated, ripe nose. Sweet, purple fruits and quite a bit of both acid and tannin but just the right side of rasping. A success on a bourgeois scale. Lovely fresh confidence. GV? Apr 2017, www.jancisrobinson.com, Drink: 2023-2033
Score: 16.5 / 20Jancis Robinson MWDrinking Window: 2023-2033
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Senejac gives notions of crushed red and black cherries, mulberries and cassis with touches of earth, violets, chocolate box and cinnamon stick. Medium-bodied and laden with bags of juicy fruit, it has a soft structure and great length. Nov 2018, www.robertparker.com
Score: 90 / 100Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
The 2016 Sénéjac is exquisite. Sweet tobacco, mint, grilled herbs and dark red fruit give the 2016 a striking interplay of aromatic intensity and palate presence. Powerful and deep, the 2016 offers notable depth yet also remains quite finessed for the year. Layers of fruit build into a long finish laced with expressive savory and earth-driven tones. This is an especially delicate style for the year. Tasted two times. Apr 2017, www.vinous.com
Score: 88-91 / 100Antonio Galloni, Vinous
