Chateau Siran 2016

JAMES SUCKLING: "Very attractive, plush and rich red and dark-fruit aromas with beautifully integrated oak and youthful, spicy complexity. The palate has lush, seamless and velvety tannins that are elegant yet powerful and deliver a silky build of ripe dark-berry flavors into a long, seamless finish. Greatest Siran ever! Try from 2023."

WINE ENTHUSIAST: "Now with more Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend than in the past, this wine has elegant black-currant fruits and tannins allied to a lift of acidity. Showing the continued improvements at this southern Margaux estate, the wine is joyful and ripe. Drink from 2025."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, dezente Randaufhellung, frische schwarze Beerenfrucht, Nuancen von Cassis und Kirschen, feiner Edelholztouch. Mittlere Komplexität, Herzkirschen, feine Fruchtsüße, feine Tannine, lebendige Struktur, zarter Nougat, mineralischer Nachhall, klassischer Appellationscharakter."

ANTONIO GALLONI: "The 2016 Siran has a well-defined bouquet of blackberry, raspberry, rose petal and crushed violet aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, and quite saline in the mouth. The nicely proportioned finish displays very well-integrated oak. This is a gorgeous, sensual Margaux that should offer 20–30 years of drinking pleasure."

DECANTER: "The sensual, lush-textured 2015 started the wine’s recent quality leap, but 2016, which I tasted in a 2015 to 2018 vertical, has more power, richness and silky complexity, and heady floral and red fruit aromas. That’s partly the year and partly more Cabernet Sauvignon (46%) to Merlot (44%) in the blend, which also includes spicy notes from more Petit Verdot (9%) and a 1% dash of Cabernet Franc. It was aged in 35% new oak. Drinking Window 2023 - 2040."

WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Deep in color the wine pops with oak, licorice, smoke, red fruits and espresso. The wine is medium-bodied, round delivers tobacco, licorice and dark, red pit fruit in the finish. Give this 7-8 years and pop a cork on the best value in the Margaux appellation."

WEINWISSER: "Sattes Purpur. Feingliedriges Bouquet mit viel süssen Heidel- und Walderdbeeren, dahinter kommen betörende Irisnoten auf. Im mittleren Gaumen mit gutem Fruchtdruck und Finesse, dadurch sehr elegant."

ROBINSON: "Dark purplish crimson. Lovely classic Margaux scented fruit. Ultra-fine, dry and elegant tannin texture. There’s a slight austerity here but everything is in balance for elegance in the longer term."

DUNNUCK: "The deeply colored 2016 Château Siran is a chewy, rich, powerful effort that needs short-term cellaring to come together. Loads of black fruits, smoked meat, leather, and graphite notes all flow to a medium to full-bodied Margaux that takes some time to unwind, yet it’s going to be better with 4-5 years of bottle age and keep for 15+. It’s a solid, promising effort."

WINEADVOCATE: "The 2016 Siran has a deep garnet-purple color and nose of cassis and chocolate-covered cherries with wafts of black soil, licorice and violets. The medium-bodied palate is lively with grainy tannins and a good fruit core."