Château Larrivaux Haut-Médoc

.Merlot blends 41% Cabernet Sauvignon 38% Cabernet Franc 11% Petit Verdot 10%

Vineyard grape varieties 26% Cabernet Sauvignon 61% Merlot 5% Petit Verdot 8% Cabernet Franc

Production area 18.6 hectares Harvest date from 09/28/2015 to 10/07/2015 Production 39 hectos / hectare

Oenologist Eric Boissenot LARRIVAUX 2015

NOTES: Neal MARTIN: 88-90/100 Tle LARRIVAUX 2015 is a blend of 41%Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Petit Verdot. It has a lovely roundness and impressive depth of fruit on the nose: layers of vanilla tinged blackberry and raspberry. The palate is medium-bodied with quite “thick” tannin on the entry, that Petit Verdot adding a seasoning to the blend-white Pepper, a touch of spice. It is a bold LARRIVAUX with plenty of substance that may need 3-4 years in bottle.

DECANT: 87 Points Classy merlot charm nose and good cabernet firmness on the finish with a feminine touch from the owner B TESSERON.

ANTHOCYANES Yan CASTAING: 16/20 Floral, black fruits, lovely freshness. Material, a beautiful tannic structure, power with an elegant, floral side. A lovely fruity and dynamic wine.

Markus Del MONEGO: 88 Points (best sommelier in the world 1998) Dark purple red with violet hue and almost black core. Elegant and juicy fruit, blackberries and blackcurrants with discreet spice in the back ground. On the palate well balanced with medium bodied character and good length.

Jancis ROBINSON: 15/20 Bernard BURTSCHY (le FIGARO): 15.5/20 Garnet color. The wine is supple, charming, fruit juice, notes of liquorice. Antonio GALLONI (VINOUS): 86-88/100

This 2015 LARRIVAUX is dark, fleshly and open-knit. Sweet red cherry, plum, cinnamon and lavender flesh out and succulent, forward haute Medocthat delivers plenty of depth and nuance as its level. This is a strong showing from LARRIVAUX Yves BECK (BECKUSTATOR): 91-93/100

Gault&Millau opinion: 15/16 (88-90/100) Quite light in color for the vintage, announcing rather lively and floral fruit on a background of red berries. A lovely wine focused more on charm than complexity, but we must not shy away from our drinking pleasure.

BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE: 91/100 [15.5/20] Good peppery finish. This will be very good value for money