Château Les Cruzelles - Lalande-de-Pomerol 2018 (750ml) Quincy

Château Les Cruzelles - Lalande-de-Pomerol 2018 (750ml) QuincyVM 94pts Vinous Media The 2018 Les Cruzelles comes from gravelly clayey soil, the Merlot picked September 18 25 and the Cabernet Franc on September 28, and is raised in 40% new oak. It has a more opulent, higher toned bouquet compared to the La Chenade, offering expressive blueberry and black currant fruit and becoming more floral in the glass as iris and violet emerge. The palate is medium bodied with succulent tannins that provide real weight and

1% Petit Verdot

father and son

richer wine than the de l’Orée and boasts rocking notes of honeyed citrus

Intricately woven aromas and flavors of baked apple

as much of harvest was completed before the heat wave

poached pear on the nose

Vineyard size: 2

blackcurrant and subtle black pepper

Josef took it over from his parents in 1991

always getting into wild hijinks on the American frontier

Medium bodied with notes of sour cherry

Expressive and sumptuous from the get-go