2016 Talbot 6 Pack

96 POINTS

Bettane & Desseauve - Bettane & Desseauve

Très beau style, précision du fruit et du tannin, authenticité de l’expression du terroir, un futur classique du millésime.

95 POINTS

James Molesworth - Wine Spectator

Rock 'em, sock 'em St.-Julien, with mouthcoating ganache and tar notes backed by commensurate cassis, blueberry paste and blackberry reduction flavors. The long finish rumbles through, with buried brambly grip providing the support for the dense fruit and toast to meld. Best from 2025 through 2040. 29,833 cases made.  –JM

94 POINTS

Yves Beck - Yvesbeck.wine

Rouge grenat dense aux reflets violets. Talbot 2016 présente un bouquet subtil, complexe et classique où s'allient les rafraîchissantes notes du Cabernet Sauvignon, des épices et des baies noires. Sa mise en bouche est délicate, friande et fruitée. Au palais je relève également de la fraîcheur ainsi qu'une belle structure tannique qui soutient l'ensemble du vin. Cette dernière se révèle lentement en fin de bouche et assure un bien bel avenir à ce St-Julien. Il s'agit d'un Talbot de caractère, apte à allier la puissance et la délicatesse, une particularité propre aux grands vins, et c'en est un ! Il doit néanmoins encore gagner en intensité aromatique pour titiller une note plus élevée et je le vois bien à 95 ou 96/100. 2024-2046 94/100

94 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

Barrel Sample. This is a juicy wine, already bursting with fruit and well-integrated tannins. It is a wine with a medium-term future, best enjoyed around 2026.

94 POINTS

James Suckling

This is already a beautiful St.-Julien that’s ripe and elegant with not a jot too much oak or tannin, but a very fresh and lively finish that keeps on going. However, there are some serious reserves in this wine that need time to be released. Already very harmonious, but better from 2021.

94 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2016 Talbot is aromatically quite expressive, but less available on the palate, where it is quite closed down. Time in the glass brings out a host of sweet tobacco, smoke, leather, cedar, mint, licorice and red-toned fruit. In two tastings, Talbot gave the impression it is going to need at least a few years to fully come into its own. Even so there is plenty to look forward to once the tannins start to melt away a bit. Consultants Stéphane Derenoncourt and Julien Lavenu have done quite a bit to raise the bar he but I get a sense more is possible. Tasted two times.

93 POINTS

Jeb Dunnuck

Brought up in 50% new oak, the 2016 Château Talbot is a winner and certainly over-delivers. Powerful notes of crème de cassis, tobacco leaf, lead pencil, and leafy herbs all give way to a silky, seamless Saint-Julien that has remarkable purity of fruit and building, fine tannins. It’s the texture as well as the purity that set this apart, and readers looking for a great value should purchase a case of this beauty.

93 POINTS

Jane Anson - Decanter

The anthocyanes are clearly on display in this inky purple wine. Touches of rusticity and earth sit alongside the rich cassis and bilberry fruit. It's a big, sculpted, gorgeously confident wine with a low pH and plenty of power. Matured in 50% new oak. Bottled in May 2018. Drinking Window 2024 - 2040