Chateau Les Cruzelles, Lalande de Pomerol
Les Cruzelles20196×75cl
RedBordeaux
£107.50per case of 6×75cl, in bond
£17.92 per bottle
8 cases available
Store it in bond with us, or have it delivered in the UK with duty and VAT added.
1 case
Details
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Sub-region
- Lalande de Pomerol
- Country
- France
- Pack size
- 6×75cl
- Packaging
- OWC
- ABV
- 14.5%
- LWIN
- 1009189
- LWIN verified
- Yes
Critic ratings
- Jeb DunnuckReviewed Apr 2022Drinking window: 2022–2037
94/100
Ripe black cherries, blueberries, iron, spring flowers, and a touch of chocolaty minerality emerge from the 2019 Château Les Cruzelles, another incredible success from Denis Durantou. Rich, medium to full-bodied, and concentrated, you should buy a case and drink bottles any time over the coming 10-15 years.
- Vinous (Antonio Galloni)Reviewed Jun 2020
94/100
The 2019 Les Cruzelles is a big wine. Black cherry, gravel, smoke, licorice and new leather blast out of the glass. Dizzyingly intense and deep, with equally potent tannins, Les Cruzelles is fabulous in 2019. It is also going to need at least a few years in bottle to come together. Harvest took place from September 18 and 25 for the Merlot and September 28 for the Franc. Denis Durantou's 2019s are absolutely brilliant across the board. My tasting was obviously bittersweet, as Durantou lost his battle with illness just a few weeks prior. Denis Durantou was one of the most intriguing characters in Bordeaux. I can't say I knew him well, but I always enjoyed tasting with him, as he was a person that spoke more with his eyes than with words. Things were implied rather than overtly stated. So, I tasted the 2019s with daughters Constance and Noémie over Zoom, in typical 2020 fashion. The Durantou sisters describe 2019 as a year with an early flowering and homogenous ripening that led to small, concentrated berries and higher pHs than normal. Temperatures were kept cool in the cellar, where both alcoholic and malolactic fermentations took place over cuvaison of 21 days (for all wines), in a reductive environment with little oxygen. From top to bottom, the Durantou 2019s are positively stellar. Don't miss them!
- Jane Anson Inside BordeauxReviewed Dec 2021Drinking window: 2023–2040
93/100
Lots of smoked grilled herb and black fruit notes here, this has the same reduction as La Chenade, but it's gorgeous, with an espresso edge and a ton of liquorice bud. Lots of fresh acidities, carefully placed, tiptoeing through the palate. The 2018 is a more exuberant Les Cruzelles, but this is a serious wine, with real character and life ahead. 40% new oak.