Château Ducru-Beaucaillou La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien 2016 (750ml) Chenin Blanc

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien 2016 (750ml) Chenin BlancRP93Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2016 La Croix Ducru Beaucaillou Cuve Colbert has a medium to deep garnet purple color and nose of cassis, kirsch and dark chocolate with an undercurrent of licorice and earth. Medium to full bodied, firm and grainy, the palate is elegant and pure, finishing long and minerally.

Established in 2001 in bucolic western Sonoma County

the juice macerates on the skins before fermenting for approximately 15 days at a maximum temperature of 90 ºF

have resulted in a powerful wine with structure and complexity

Its rotation in the sky throughout the year made it an effective agricultural calendar for the ancient Andean people

and we included only the best of them in Louis Salmon

very assured for a Deuxième Vin

wild blueberries and cloves with suggestions of violets

toasted oak and earthy backbone with smooth tannins

typical Tuscan cold-cuts (for example: Finocchiona)

with very fine and elegant aromas

settled and then fermented at very low temperatures in concrete and stainless steel tanks

Merlot (42%) and Petit Verdot (6%)