2016 Ch Desmirail 3ème Cru Margaux - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Desmirail
  • Region Margaux
  • Drinking 2023 - 2032
  • Case size 12x75cl
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2016 - Ch Desmirail 3ème Cru Margaux - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Desmirail
  • Region Margaux
  • Drinking 2023 - 2032
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £446.47 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £37.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £340.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2017, Score: 91-93

    This charming property owned by Denis Lurton first caught our eye in 2015 and it is great to see his 2016 continuing in the same vein. This looks destined to be one of the great bargains of the vintage. Full of smoky, coffee aromas, and succulent richness with a little bit of Margaux suaveness and sophistication. Earlier drinking, but hugely rewarding. A lovely wine. DR

  • Neal Martin, January 2019, Score: 90

    The 2016 Desmirail shows much better now than a couple of months ago: crisp and focused, offering light, tertiary and graphite-tinged black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin and a fine thread of acidity, but just a little compact and austere on the finish at the moment. Give this Margaux five or six years in bottle. 2019 - 2023

  • Neal Martin, April 2017, Score: 88-90

    The 2016 Desmirail is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. It does not possess the most complex Margaux nose, although the purity deserves a commendation with blueberry and cassis fruit. The palate has quite a rich and showy opening though fortunately it does not go over the top. There is a slight metallic edge towards the finish, which I hope will disappear by the time of bottling. It just feels a little pinched at the moment, so there is room for improvement here. Drink Date 2020 - 2032

  • Antonio Galloni, April 2017, Score: 89-92

    The 2016 Desmirail is a bold, powerful wine. The darker side of the appellation comes through in the wine's dark flavor profile and imposing structural profile. Black cherry, smoke, tobacco and licorice run through the 2016. Potent and virile, the 2016 is likely to need a few years to come into its own. Even so, it is impressive today.

  • James Suckling, April 2017, Score: 92-93

    A chewy and rich red with plenty of currant and black-cherry character. Tannic. Should come together nicely with some barrel aging.

  • Decanter, April 2017, Score: 91

    Denis Lurton is in charge at this 37ha Margaux estate, and he has produced a classy, cedar-scented 2016 that has a beautiful vibrancy to it. It is a fairly dramatic take on the year, with full extraction of damson fruit and chewy tannins.

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2017, Score: 17+

    Slight bitterness on the palate detracts from an overall nice wine with decent density of fruit and tell-tale coffee notes. I would like more silkiness but the blunt tannins will subside in due course leaving a competent wine.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2017, Score: 16.5

    Dark crimson with a slightly weak rim. Very sweet, almost chocolatey oak (like the old Tertre nose). Really nice texture and pace on the palate though. Provided you don't have anything against that aroma, you could take a lot of pleasure from this wine. Drink 2025-2043

Producer

Château Desmirail

Region

Margaux

Plump, silky and seductive are the words often used to describe wines from Margaux. Because of their style, they tend to be user friendly and more approachable when young. This is in part due to its terroir which is comprised of the thinnest soil as well as the highest proportion of chunky gravel in all of the Médoc. It drains well but also is it more susceptible to vintage variation. Margaux wines tend to have the highest proportions of Merlot within the core of the Médoc further adding to their ample roundness and openness. Margaux is home to the largest number of classified growths including its namesake first growth, Château Margaux, as well as third growths, Palmer and d'Issan.