Castle Petit Bocq - Saint-Estèphe 2015

The Wine Cellar Insider

85-87 / 100

byJeff Levethe4/30/2016

Easy drinking with fresh, sweet and tart red fruits and cocoa in the finish.

Wine Advocate

84-86 /

byNeal Martinthe4/29/2016

The 2015 Petit Bocq has an attractive bouquet with dark chocolate-tinged black fruit, a bit obvious perhaps, but well-defined, the new oak coming over strongly at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, but here the new oak feels disjointed and masks the terroir and character of the vintage, leaving it feeling rather generic. Hopefully it will improve by the time of bottling.

Bettane & Desseauve

14 / 20

the4/28/2016

Gentil fruit, tannin un rien sec.

Decanter.com

88 / 100

bySteven Spurrierthe4/27/2016