Chateau Larcis Ducasse Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé 2016
Deep purple in color with a wide reddish rim.
Beautiful nose of black currants, plums, cooked cherries, cedar, licorice, herbs, chocolates, light earth, garrigue and peppercorn.
Full bodied and soft, with medium plus acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with black currants, black cherries, plums, light oak, spices, coffee, licorice, tobacco leaf, light earth, chocolates, herbs and peppercorn.
Medium plus on the finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a very tasty Merlot based blend from Saint Emilion. Elegant and nicely balanced. Showing good complexity with a nice mouthfeel.
Needed 2 hours in the bottle to open up.
This 10 year old Merlot from the great 2016 vintage still feels young. Probably in its ‘dumb phase’ right now, and needs a few more years in the bottle to mature properly. Will continue to age nicely in the next 7 to 10 years.
Good by itself as a sipping wine, and better with food.
A blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc. Aged in (50% new) French Oak barrels.
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Chateau Larcis Ducasse Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé 2016
Deep purple in color with a wide reddish rim.
Beautiful nose of black currants, plums, cooked cherries, cedar, licorice, herbs, chocolates, light earth, garrigue and peppercorn.
Full bodied and soft, with medium plus acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with black currants, black cherries, plums, light oak, spices, coffee, licorice, tobacco leaf, light earth, chocolates, herbs and peppercorn.
Medium plus on the finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a very tasty Merlot based blend from Saint Emilion. Elegant and nicely balanced. Showing good complexity with a nice mouthfeel.
Needed 2 hours in the bottle to open up.
This 10 year old Merlot from the great 2016 vintage still feels young. Probably in its ‘dumb phase’ right now, and needs a few more years in the bottle to mature properly. Will continue to age nicely in the next 7 to 10 years.
Good by itself as a sipping wine, and better with food.
A blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc. Aged in (50% new) French Oak barrels.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$125.