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Château Croizet Bages 5ème Grand Cru Classé 1996

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • 12.50% 
  • 1.5L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

This cru classé from Pauillac has considerably developed over the last 15 years and is now very refined and supple, yet still very affordable. More info

  • Quantity: 1 Magnum
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 slightly marked label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Pauillac
  • Classification: 5ème Grand Cru Classé
  • Producer/Owner: Jean-Michel Quié
  • More information....

Château Croizet Bages 5ème Grand Cru Classé serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Gigot rôti, Ris de veau poêlé, Civet de lièvre.

Peak: To drink

  • Vintage score: 17/20
  • What the experts say...

    (...) S'annonçant par une robe rubis foncé, le Croizet-Bages 1996 exhale un nez doux et élégant de cassis, de cerise, de chêne épicé et de cèdre. Moyennement corsé et doté de tannins souples, il déploie une finale modérément longue. Ce Pauillac pur et d'une belle profondeur est certainement l'un des plus précoces du millésime. Source : Robert Parker (1/99)

    Lot presentation
    Château Croizet Bages 5ème Grand Cru Classé

    The wine

    Twenty year-old vines and traditional vinification produce fruity, round and easy-to-drink wines. The bouquet has blackberry and raspberry aromas with a graphite note.

    Information about domain Château Croizet Bages

    Château Croizet-Bages, like many other Pauillac wines, is located on the famous Bages plateau. In 1853, two years before the renowned 1855 classification, Château Croizet-Bages became the property of the Calvé family, leading to a slight change in the name, to Château Calvé Croizet-Bages, which the property kept until 1934. After that, Paul Quié acquired the château, which has since remained in the same family. The vineyard went through a long restructuring phase that lasted about 20 years. Up until the harvest in 1986, there was just one old concrete vat. Since then a new winery has been built in order to improve the quality of the vinification process. Paul Quié's descendants also own Château Rauzan-Gassies, a second growth in Margaux, and Château Bel-Orme-Tronquoy-de-Lalande.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Magnum
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 slightly marked label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 12.50 %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Pauillac
    • Classification: 5ème Grand Cru Classé
    • Producer/Owner: Jean-Michel Quié
    • Vintage: 1996
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: To drink
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Conventional 
    • Size (in ha): 30
    • Volume: 200000 bottles
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 10% Cabernet franc
    Château Croizet Bages 5ème Grand Cru Classé
    Château Croizet Bages 5ème Grand Cru Classé

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