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Château Loudenne 2016

Name: Château Loudenne 2016
Brand: Château Loudenne
SKU: 1486/16
Price: 30.5 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.64 (513 reviews)

Cru bourgeois -

Bordeaux

Medoc

- Red - See details

J. Robinson | 15

Decanter | 89

Vinous - A. Galloni | 87

£183.00 Incl. VAT & DP

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£30.50 / Unit

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Packaging : a box of 6 Bottles (75cl)

1 x 75CL

£32.00

6 x 75CL

£183.00

In-Stock

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Marks and reviews

/100

Decanter

Forceful nose, with dense aromas of black cherry and blackcurrant. Rich and full-bodied, this has a suave texture, supple tannins, and sufficient grip and acidity to sustain it. There’s weight here, but it has attractive length, too.

/20

Jancis Robinson

Julia Harding MW

50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot. Very dark crimson. A slightly green note alongside the cassis. Stalky. Rather severe on the palate. The tannins are fine but a bit dry without more fruit ripeness. (JH)

/100

Vinous

Neal Martin

The 2016 Loudenne feels overdone and smudged on the nose, perhaps over-macerated in the winery? The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannin, good depth, grippy and firm with a solid sappy finish. This will require a couple of years in bottle. Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois tasting in London.

/20

René Gabriel

Kunz barrel sample 17: spicy, bitter bouquet, blackberries, charcoal, leather. Medium-bodied palate with a fine, tight core, sweet aromatics, good fruit, fine sandy tannins, powerful aromatics, and a long, bitter finish.

/20

André Kunz

Spicy, herbaceous bouquet, blackberries, charcoal, leather. Medium-bodied palate with a fine core, sweet aromatics, good fruit, fine sandy tannins, powerful aromatics, long, bitter finish. 17/20 2023 - 2034

/20

Bettane+Desseauve

A beautiful, well-crafted bottle that truly reflects its terroir. The nose is powerfully fruity and spicy, with a broad, deep texture, delicious flesh, richness, fruit and harmonious tannins. The balance and potential are clearly there.

/100

Yves Beck

Garnet red with violet highlights. Loudenne’s bouquet needs time to come into its own. After aeration, I detect a touch of oak élevage, cinnamon, cocoa beans, and dark berries. On the palate, the wine shows density and perfectly integrated tannins. There is richness, structure, and breed. Overall, the wine is a bit too marked by its élevage, but given the structure on the palate, I think the situation could still evolve.

Description

The complexity and elegance of a Médoc wine

The estate

Located at Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc in the heart of the Médoc, Château Loudenne traces its origins back to the 17th century. This distinctive estate with its pink façade, on Bordeaux’s Left Bank, one of the oldest of the Médoc.

After several owners, Château Loudenne was acquired in 2022 by businessman Christophe Gouache, who also owns Château Bellerive.

The vineyard

Château Loudenne is a Médoc wine that stems from vineyards, on average 41 years old, planted on two clay Graves Garonnaises hilltops.

Château Loudenne is one of the closest estates to the Gironde estuary, with 132 hectares of land, 31 of which are dedicated to red wine. This unique geographical location ensures both natural protection against frost and optimal ripening of the grapes.

The vintage

Although the wet but mild conditions of the winter advanced an early budburst, the spring was cool and just as rainy. Particularly hot and dry, the summer slowed down the growth cycle but did not impact the vineyard too much thanks to sufficient water reserves. A rainy spell on 13 September restored the vineyard, allowing the grapes to ripen again.

Winemaking and ageing

Harvested by hand in crates, the grapes were meticulously sorted before being vatted through gravity into stainless steel or concrete temperature-controlled vats. Pressing then separation of the press juices. Malolactic fermentation in barrels. Aged for 12 to 16 months in French oak barrels (33% new).

Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon (53%)
Merlot (45%)
Cabernet Franc (2%)