2014 Château Les Cruzelles

The 2014 Les Cruzelles has a simple bouquet, tertiary in style, woodland scents intermixed and perhaps dominating the fruit underneath. The palate is medium-bodied with dry tannin, chewy in the mouth at first although it musters more detail towards the lightly spiced, quite saline finish. Like other Pomerol wines it just needs another three or four years in the glass. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

- Neal Martin (2018)

Very suave, with creamy plum sauce and blackberry confiture notes inlaid with ganache and anise details, all flowing through the toasty yet integrated and refined finish. Wins on mouthfeel and fruit, but there's a fine mineral edge as well. Drink now through 2022. 2,135 cases made.

- J.M. (2017)

The 2014 Les Cruzelles is a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc picked between 24-29 September. It has a little more ripeness on the nose compared to the La Chenade, very perfumed with subtle violet and iris aromas, later a hint of orange blossom. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin with ample blackberry and bilberry; grainy in texture with a pleasurable marine/oyster shell element lending personality on the finish. This is very fine.

- Neal Martin (2017)