Chateau La Conseillante 2016 - Case of 6 Bottles (75cl)The 2016 La Conseillante is aged in 70% new and 30% one year old French oak for 17 months. Deep garnet purple colored, it slips provocatively out of the glass with a lifted perfume of roses, candied violets and lavender over a core of warm red and black plums, chocolate box, unsmoked cigars and baked cherries with wafts of wild thyme and tilled soil. Medium bodied, the palate exudes polish and sophistication with bags of fragrance, freshness and

Robert Parker: 96+/100

with citrus and stone fruit notes carrying through

hints of blackberry

However Ludivine Griveau has judged the picking dates exactly right and she also took the crucial step of employing the sorting tables to eliminate any grapes which were beginning to show signs of shrivelling

featuring perfectly accessorized accents of sandalwood

Merlot 35%

Grape Variety: Sauvignon Blanc 100%

Rating BH: 91 / 100

yet this wonderfully fragrant

star anise and fragrant lilacs with hints of chocolate box

The palate is one of the best you will find this vintage: very precise and focused

This too is going to need at least a few years to come together but it should be excellent in time as the underlying material clearly seems to be present