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2021 Château Lilian Ladouys, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Not ready
William Kelley
89-90+/100
Neal Martin MW
89-91/100
Jane Anson MW
90/100
Product: 20218123855
2021 Château Lilian Ladouys, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

Description

Cabernet Sauvignon 53%, Merlot 40%, Cabernet Franc 7%

As elsewhere, the proportion of Merlot is reduced in 2021, but there doesn’t seem to have been any problem to get the Cabernet Sauvignon properly ripe. This is another St Estèphe that is more successful than might have been expected. There is plenty of attractive, pure and energetic redcurrant fruit, and some appealing musky perfumed notes of violet. There is a nice line of St Estèphe rigour through the palate, but everything is ripe and well poised. This is an appealing, fresh, pretty wine that has been very well handled. Drink 2024-2034.

Our score: 15.5/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd, April 2022

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Not ready
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Lilian Ladouys

Critics reviews

William Kelley 89-90+/100
Aromas of raspberries, plums and spices, framed by creamy new oak, introduce the 2021 Lilian Ladouys, a medium to full-bodied, charming and seamless wine that's lively and open-knit. It's a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc.William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Apr 2022)
William Kelley, RobertParker.com (Apr 2022)
Neal Martin MW 89-91/100
The 2021 Lilian Ladouys was picked from 28 September to 8 October and matured in 30% new oak. It has the smallest proportion of Merlot for several years. It has a generous bouquet with blue fruit and violet complementing the red fruit, just a touch of pencil lead in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannins, good backbone here, though quite strict and just needs a little more amplitude on the dark chocolate-tinged finish. Drink over the next 15-20 years.Drink 2025 - 2040Neal Martin, Vinous.com.com, (May 2022)
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (May 2022)
Jane Anson MW 90/100
This is lovely, has the same high aromatics as the Devise de Lilian, but here much more intesity and depth through the palate. Has finesse and balance, with raspberry fruits dominant, and a subtle persistency. Austerity in the tannins differentiates it from the really exuberant years such as 2018, but it's impressive, and the salty cracker salinity on the finish is thoroughly enjoyable. Organic conversion began in 2020, with 100% in organic for the first time in 2021, with expected certification in 2024.Drink 2024 - 2034jane_anson_mw, janeanson_com (May 2022)
Jane Anson MW, JaneAnson.com (May 2022)

About this wine

Chateau Lilian Ladouys

Château Lilian Ladouys is Bordeaux Cru Bourgeois wine property located in  Saint-Estèphe with 40ha vineyards on gravel rich soils and well-drained slopes overlooking the Gironde. Plantings are 58% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. The wine style is robust, with loads of black currant fruit, cherries and dusty, loamy soil notes as well as hints of tobacco leaf, spice box and cedar, that should agenicely for 10+ years
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