Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2016 Pedesclaux is composed of 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. It aged for 18 months in 60% new and 40% one-year-old French oak. It has a deep garnet-purple color and nose of crushed red and black currants and blackberries with cigar box, new leather, pencil lead and crushed rocks. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, fresh and lively with loads of mineral nuances and a lovely earthy finish. Around 15,000 cases produced.

James Suckling

So aromatic with crushed currants, raspberries and blackberries with hints of graphite and lead pencil. Full-bodied and very tight with beautiful tannins and a long, flavorful finish. The tannins really build at the end of the palate. Try from 2024.

VertdeVin

The nose is elegant, racy and offers power as well as harmony. It reveals notes of cassis and wild berries associated with small notes of liquorice stick, Sichuan pepper, flowers, fine touches of ripe wild raspberry as well as slight hints of nutmeg and an imperceptible hint of tonka bean / coffee (in the background). The palate is fruity, mineral, well-balanced and offers a beautiful juicy / acidulous frame, tension, straightness, precision, suavity as well as a good definition. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy / juicy wild berries, fleshy / juicy cherry and small notes of fleshy / juicy wild blackberry associated with a hint of flowers, licorice stick as well as slight hints of chocolate, toasted, toasted hazelnut and a very discreet hint of vanilla on the finish. Good length.

Anthocyanes - Yohan Castaing