Bordeaux en primeur: St-Émilion 2016 wines

The incredible succulent power in Ausone puts a different perspective on other wines, as it so often does. The epitome of perfumed finesse. The yield...

A bold nose, structured and dense. The palate is so delicious, just so filling but not heavy. It has the crushed stone, chalk texture that...

Refined and classy, like a Hermes suit all in place, balancing ripe black and cool blue fruit aromas with cedar, echoed on the palate, which...

A wonderful Angélus, rich in the character of this vintage. Stunning length on the silky tannins. This extends outwards, and the architecture is very much...

One of the most thrilling surprises of the vintage, here a new approach to a more finely-wrought Pavie has collided with a vintage that has...

So amazingly nuanced, such elegance combined with ripeness, a vintage that many say is wonderful, as do I. Blackberry and dark cherry, cool blueberry and...

Wow, that is rich, tight and closed in. It is absolutely dancing with minerality, and just gets better and better on the palate. It doesn't...

This is stunning. Troplong never has trouble conjuring up wonderfully rich fruit, but here it is plump and dense without being pumped up. The tannins...

An estate that is fascinating to taste in this vintage. Cassis, blueberry and liquorice flavours have huge persistency, with a dense but creamy texture across...

Plum, blackcurrant, cola, clove, liquorice and dark chocolate on the nose. Structured and focused with a sleek frame of fruit, acidity and fine tannin. Bright...

Floral dried herbs, liquorice and black fruit on the nose - very TrotteVieille in aromatic profile. Sweet, ripe, fresh blackcurrants and strawberries deliver both a...

Right on the limestone plateau, this has a lovely delivery of extremely ripe black fruits dotted through with minerality and little pulses of electricity. Extremely...

Aromatic with smoke, dark fruit and perfume on the nose. Supple, ripe, juicy with bold concentration and focused dark, plumy fruit. Full-bodied with a liquorice,...

Aromatic and seductive, showing layers of plump black fruit, cassis, cinnamon spice, toast and char. It's plump in the mouth, filling out and giving a...

From the Angélus stable, this lovely property has a 0.5ha slice on the top of plateau, with the remaining 6ha on clay limestone top slopes....

Woody spice with perfumed roses, violets, dark chocolate, and blackcurrants. Sleek and refined, this has a lovely texture with mocha hits, dark cherry and plum....

Smoky and sweet with dark chocolate, red cherry and mocha. Tomato and blackcurrant leaf show development and finesse. The palate is elegant with crisp acidity,...

<p>Among the wines tasted for this article, this is the first vintage where things fall into place, with greater fruit purity – autumnal red berry...

Inviting nose of red bramble berries, herbal touches, dried flowers and woody spice. Dark plum and liquorice spice with a salty minerality on the palate....

Forward and open with blackcurrant, clove and dark cherry intensity on the nose. Fleshy and powerful, but the fruit is lean and slightly angular. Good...

One of the oldest estates in St-Emilion, Corbin is linked by family ties to the Cruse owned estate of Chateau d'Issan in Margaux. Just over...

Serious tannins that are well extracted, beginning to stretch things towards a more dramatic, plush expression without ever overstretching. Savory but rich fruit. 80% Merlot,...

Another successful wine in St-Émilion, with the signature of careful extraction. Well-brushed black fruits and a lovely push-and-pull effect between supple tannins, rich fruits and...

Some of the oldest vines in St-Emilion, with an average age of 100 years. Loved this en primeur and it remains an exuberant fist of...

This is utterly gorgeous as ever, and it must be one of the most consistent deliveries out of the big names on the right bank,...

Fleshy in texture, with sweet loganberry, damson and raspberry through the palate. Really starting to settle into itself, and has great potential. 50% new oak.