Château Rol Valentin 2016

James Suckling

This has attractive plum pastry and blueberries on the nose, leading to a very nicely carved palate that has fine but sturdy tannins and good depth of ripe plum and mulberry flavors. Try from 2022.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2016 Rol Valentin has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and offers up straight-laced, serious notions of fragrant earth, cigar box and sautéed herbs over a core of warm plums, mulberries and blueberry preserves. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is completely packed with muscular fruit, with a firm, grainy texture and loads of freshness, finishing long and berry laced.

Anthocyanes - Yohan Castaing

Andreas Larsson - Tasted

Wild berries, violet, rose petal, pure and mineral expression, dense and savoury palate with fine extract, Burgundian texture, elegant raspberry, ginger and fine spice notes, and a long, dense and supple finish. Very good.

Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch

Falstaff

VertdeVin

The nose is fruity, fleshy and offers a small intensity as well as a small power. It reveals notes of fleshy blackberry, crushed black berries and small notes of raspberry associated with small touches of blueberry, Zan, violet / lilac, nutmeg as well as toasted hints / vanilla. The palate is fruity, and offers suavity, minerality, an acidulous frame, a good freshness, precision, dymanique, a good guideline as well as finesse. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, crushed black berries and small notes of crushed raspberry associated with small touches of red berries, flowers, Zan, blond tobacco / nutmeg. Tannins are well-built and very discreetly chewy. Good length. There are a very discreet hint of vanilla, chocolate and blackberry in the background / on the persistence. Good length.