L Orme de Rauzan Gassies 2016

Decanter Magazine: 97 Points
"We shouldn’t forget just how good 2016 was, and to find a Haut-Medoc wine still available from this vintage within our Value price category was an unexpected treat. This is dark purple-red, with earthy and purposeful aromas. The fruit is rich, dense and closely constituted, just beginning to leave the flush of youth behind it but with plenty of cladding to take it through another half-dozen years of ageing if you wish. The innate depth and tenacity of the fruit suggest serious vineyard origins. A bargain." At the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards, the 2016 L'Orme de Rauzan-Gassies—from a revered Second Growth estate—earned a staggering 97-point score AND Best in Show honors. Those accolades put it alongside a $170 Pauillac.