2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, St Julien, Bordeaux

Red • Dry • Full Bodied • Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot,Petit Verdot,Cabernet Franc

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Description

Cabernet 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, Branaire’s 2016 has great finesse.

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Colour

Red
Sweetness

Dry
Vintage

2016
Alcohol

13.5%
Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot,Petit Verdot,Cabernet Franc
Body

Full Bodied
Producer

Château Branaire-Ducru

Critics reviews

Jane Anson MW

94/100

Always a supremely elegant, measured take on St-Julien that delivers in spades in 2016. Plush damson fruit comes through with just the right level of extraction. Beautifully rich, ripe fruit is joined by touches of oak at exactly the right moment. An exceptional showing from Branaire that rises above its 2015. Drinking Window 2027 - 2045.

Jane Anson MW

William Kelley

94+/100

The 2016 Branaire-Ducru is a real classic, and in the fullness of time, it will likely rival or even surpass the more charming, demonstrative 2019. Unwinding in the glass with deep aromas of dark berries, cassis, loamy soil, pencil shavings and cigar smoke, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with a taut, structured profile and a long, penetrating finish. The only missing ingredient here is time.

Drink 2026 - 2060

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (August 2022)