{"id":27094,"date":"2017-05-11T17:33:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=27094"},"modified":"2017-05-11T17:33:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:33:58","slug":"denis-durantou-right-bank-bordeaux-en-primeur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/05\/denis-durantou-right-bank-bordeaux-en-primeur\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Bordeaux &#8211; outstanding right bank value from Denis Durantou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27166 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2016-Bordeaux-En-Primeur-Denis-Durantou-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Bordeaux-En-Primeur-Denis-Durantou\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ever dependable right-bank stable of\u00a0<strong>Denis Durantou<\/strong> has just been released. These are wines where the price-to-quality ratio is always off the scale &#8211; even more so so in a fresh and juicy vintage like 2016. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-SAINTAYME-Grand-Cru-Saint-Emilion-26919-00.html?category=123\">SAINTAYME<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-LA-CHENADE-Lalande-de-Pomerol-26952-00.html?category=124\">LA CHENADE<\/a> will provide enormous pleasure almost immediately. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-LES-CRUZELLES-Lalande-de-Pomerol-26899-00.html?category=124\">LES CRUZELLES<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-MONTLANDRIE-Cotes-de-Castillon-26933-00.html?category=123\">MONTLANDRIE<\/a> will reward some cellaring\u00a0but all are\u00a0worthy of strong consideration, particularly for those seeking lovely wines to drink that won&#8217;t break the bank. These all come <strong>very highly recommended <\/strong>and, if you needed any more persuading, most are at the lower end of our price estimates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-SAINTAYME-Grand-Cru-Saint-Emilion-26919-00.html?category=123\">SAINTAYME Grand Cru Saint Emilion<\/a> &#8211; <strong>\u00a362.50\u00a0<\/strong>per 6 IB<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;This is a lovely, early-drinking Saint Emilion from Denis Durantou&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0Neal Martin, 88-90<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-LA-CHENADE-Lalande-de-Pomerol-26952-00.html?category=124\">LA CHENADE Lalande de Pomerol<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>\u00a370\u00a0<\/strong>per 6 IB<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;hugely enjoyable&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Jancis Robinson, 16.5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-LES-CRUZELLES-Lalande-de-Pomerol-26899-00.html?category=124\">CH\u00c2TEAU LES CRUZELLES Lalande de Pomerol<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>\u00a3100\u00a0<\/strong>per 6 IB<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Cellar space should be made for this sensual and engaging wine, and if prices follow their trend as in previous years, it could be one of the Right Bank&#8217;s outstanding value [wines]&#8217; &#8211; <\/em>Neal Martin, 91-93<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-MONTLANDRIE-Cotes-de-Castillon-26933-00.html?category=123\">CH\u00c2TEAU MONTLANDRIE C\u00f4tes de Castillon<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>\u00a387.50\u00a0<\/strong>per 6 IB<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Superb. Expect this to land towards the top of my banded score once in bottle&#8217; &#8211;<\/em> Neal Martin, 91-93<\/p>\n<p>Also out today is another from the Mouton stable, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-CLERC-MILON-5eme-Cru-Classe-Pauillac-26978-00.html?category=119\">CH\u00c2TEAU CLERC MILON<\/a>, at <strong>\u00a3290<\/strong> per 6 IB. This took time to unfold in the glass but ended up richer and fuller than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2016-CHATEAU-D-ARMAILHAC-5eme-Cru-Classe-Pauillac-26985-00.html?category=119\">D&#8217;ARMAILHAC<\/a> (\u00a3195 per 6 IB). It is certainly a step up in terms of quality and that is reflected in critics&#8217; reviews. Jancis Robinson was particularly impressed. She gave it\u00a017.5+ and described the wine as,\u00a0<em>&#8216;So cool!&#8217;<\/em>. Now that doesn&#8217;t happen every day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As ever, you can keep up to date with everything from #Bdx16 on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/RECENT-RELEASES-261-02.html\">Recent Releases<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/RECENT-RELEASES-261-02.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Browse-here-large-button.png\" alt=\"2016 Bordeaux En Primeur - Recent releases\" width=\"150\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ever dependable right-bank stable of\u00a0Denis Durantou has just been released. These are wines where the price-to-quality ratio is always off the scale &#8211; even more so so in a fresh and juicy vintage like 2016. The SAINTAYME\u00a0and\u00a0LA CHENADE will provide enormous pleasure almost immediately. The\u00a0LES CRUZELLES and\u00a0MONTLANDRIE will reward some cellaring\u00a0but all are\u00a0worthy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":27164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[983],"tags":[1020,780,778,779,781],"class_list":["post-27094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2016-bordeaux","tag-bordeaux-2016","tag-chateau-les-cruzelles","tag-chateau-montlandrie","tag-la-chenade","tag-saintayme"],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2016 Bordeaux - outstanding right bank value from Denis Durantou<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ever dependable right-bank stable of\u00a0Denis Durantou has just been released. 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