Chateau Les Trois Croix 2017 (750ml)
Product price
Description
Château Les Trois Croix 2017 is a Bordeaux blend from Fronsac, the compact right-bank appellation known for structured, age-worthy reds. This vintage shows the region's characteristic balance of power and refinement, built from a careful selection and modest yields.
The wine needs a moment to find itself, the nose can seem a touch heavy on first pour, but it settles and becomes more articulate as it opens. What emerges is a wine of real composure: supple tannins frame blackberry and preserved red fruit, with secondary notes of lavender, tea leaf, and mineral earth. The palate is medium-bodied but textured, with enough acidity to keep things precise and focused even as the ripe, rounded tannins give the finish a soft grip. This is a muscular wine that doesn't announce itself loudly; instead, it reveals definition and refinement the more air it gets.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Color | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Fronsac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend Red |
| Producer | Chateau Les Trois Croix |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
The 2017 Les Trois Croix initially felt a little overdone on the nose like one or two of its Fronsac brethren. That said, it seems to “calm down” in the glass and attain more definition. The palate shows more composure with supple tannin, well judged acidity and a precise, detailed finish that bodes well for the future. The more this aerates, the more composed and refined it becomes. This is a muscular yet paradoxically, refined Fronsac from Patrick Léon.
Rich in texture, with good density of blackberry fruit – a classic blend. The yield was little lower than 2016, but was still 40hl/h. The acidity is a little higher than the previous vintage but there is still a softness to the tannins. Owned by the Léon family, who vinify in 30hl wooden vats: one vat per half a hectare of grapes. This year 33% new oak was used, up 6% on 2016. Just one single plot was affected by frost here.
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Les Trois Croix leaps from the glass with notions of Morello cherries, black raspberries and boysenberries plus wafts of lavender, Ceylon tea and forest floor. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers mouth-coating red and black fruit preserves with ripe, rounded tannins and a refreshing lift to the finish.