2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, St Julien, Bordeaux Newly Published Lots of life and sweetness

Lots of life and sweetness but this bottle is just starting to dry out

The work to rejuvenate the estate was initiated by entrepreneur Pascal Roux

concentrated and fantastically opulent

Michel Rolland arrived as a consultant in March 2013

spring flowers

2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, St Julien, Bordeaux Newly Published Lots of life and sweetnessCabernet Sauvignon 64%. Merlot 27%, Petit Verdot 6%, Cabernet Franc 3%. Deep in colour, this has top notes of red fruit and cedar. The palate is very suave with an underlying freshness. This wine has a lovely weight, with some pleasing cassis notes on the mid palate. It has a lovely, fine finish with some crunchy blackcurrant fruit. Very poised and elegant, Branaires 2016 has great finesse. Berry Bros. & Rudd