Château Lestage Château Lestage 2016 750ml

From one of several properties owned by the Chanfreau family in Listrac, this wine is firm, structured and has a core of dry, dark tannins. Its black fruits are also right there, waiting to burst through as the tannins soften. It will be a rich, perfumed wine with a good future. Drink from 2024. (Roger Voss)

A beautiful young wine with vivid, blackcurrant and dark-berry character and hints of hazelnuts. Medium body with a lovely core of ripe fruit, yet it remains vivid and bright. A blend of 62 per cent merlot, 37 per cent cabernet sauvignon and one per cent petit verdot. Try from 2021.

The 2016 Lestage has a well defined and focused bouquet with attractive cedar and tobacco-laced black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin, and well judged acidity. The finish is quite poised and elegant making the Listrac appellation proud. This is a well-crafted wine. Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois tasting in London. (Neal Martin)

The 2016 Lestage has an attractive bouquet: black fruit laced with cedar and a hint of hickory, quite focused with well-integrated new oak. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, a fine line of acidity, quite linear with a pleasant salinity towards the finish. It does not possess the detail and precision of the top Bordeaux, but there is commendable length to this Listrac.