Chateau Siaurac 2016

Fresh and charming, with cherry and strawberry fruit flavors gliding through atop sandalwood and light herb notes. Drink now through 2023. 17,083 cases made.

The 2016 is naturally a little more subdued, but there's aromatic complexity with earthy, dark-fruit notes. The palate is juicy and fresh with good persistence, the tannic frame powerful but the tannins finely honed. This is clearly a wine for ageing and will reward a little patience. The ‘best value’ pick.

Bright flowers and attractive red berries on offer here, with a really succulent, velvety palate that delivers rich red-plum flavors. Long and juicy finish. A blend of 74 percent merlot, 19 percent cabernet franc and seven percent malbec. Try from 2021.

The 2016 Siaurac is silky, perfumed and exceptionally beautiful. Readers will find a restrained Lalande de Pomerol built on finesse and class. Sweet tobacco, menthol, licorice and pretty herbal notes add shades of complexity throughout.

Flowers, chocolate mint and a splash of ripe cherries works here. The wine is medium-bodied, with a touch of smoke, espresso and plums in the soft, silky finish. Give this just a few years in the cellar and enjoy it over the next 12-25 years.

Sweet red fruit, gentle oak, a fine spiciness and floral notes. Medium body with a fresh backbone, ripe tannin, crushed red berry fruit and a rather long finish.

Purple with a violet rim. Fragrant red cherries and wild strawberries, followed by aromatic cassis and violets. Mid-palate shows well-supportive tannins; in the delicately grippy finish, cherry skin and rosewood.

Kunz barrel sample 17: (74% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 7% Malbec) Medium-bodied, fruity, fresh bouquet with cherries, elderberry, cassis, green herbs. Velvety, broad palate with sweet fruit, fine sandy tannins, supple structure, powerful aromatics, long finish.

(74% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 7% Malbec) Medium-bodied, fruity, fresh bouquet, cherries, elderberry, cassis, green herbs. Velvety, broad palate with sweet fruit, fine sandy tannins, a plush structure, powerful aromatics, long finish. 17/20 2022 - 2034

Still somewhat restrained, the bouquet remains elusive. On the palate, it’s the definition of a sanguine, ardent Merlot, with tannins bound by a chain of spices and stone fruit, hinting at superb prospects for distinction.

Fresh small black fruits, floral. Fresh, gourmand palate, round tannins, lively finish.

The best ever made. This is the most velvety, most flavorful, and most radiant vintage in terms of fruitiness ever seen. Angle-free finish. Very pleasant.