Single-Owner Private Collection of Fine Wines from South Africa, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Italy, Spain and more….
Timed Online Auction, 27 June - 15 July 2024
Bordeaux
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About this Item
Les Cruzelles in Lalande de Pomerol property acquired by Denis Durantou in 2000, Pomerol-based owner of several important Bordeaux properties including L'Église Clinet. The man himself was regarded as one of the leading winemakers in all of Bordeaux. He passed away in 2020 at the age of 62, and the business is now run by his three daughters, Noëmie, Alix and Constance with their mother, the artist Marie Reilhac. The wines continue to attract great acclaim.
Part of the incredibly well-respected Durantou stable, Les Cruzelles is a wine produced in the Lalande-de-Pomerol appellation, which is located on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux wine region in France. The 2014 Les Cruzelles is a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc.
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Critics Ratings
'The 2014 Les Cruzelles has a simple bouquet, tertiary in style, woodland scents intermixed and perhaps dominating the fruit underneath. The palate is medium-bodied with dry tannin, chewy in the mouth at first although it musters more detail towards the lightly spiced, quite saline finish. Like other Pomerol wines it just needs another three or four years in the glass.' - Neal Martin, Vinous, 92/100 (Feb 2018)
'The 2014 Les Cruzelles is a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc picked between 24-29 September. It has a little more ripeness on the nose compared to the La Chenade, very perfumed with subtle violet and iris aromas, later a hint of orange blossom. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin with ample blackberry and bilberry; grainy in texture with a pleasurable marine/oyster shell element lending personality on the finish. This is very fine.' - Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 91/100 (Mar 2017)
'Very suave, with creamy plum sauce and blackberry confiture notes inlaid with ganache and anise details, all flowing through the toasty yet integrated and refined finish. Wins on mouthfeel and fruit, but there's a fine mineral edge as well. ' - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator, 90/100 (Mar 2017)