2016 Chateau Talbot Saint-Julien

"Readers Looking for a Great Value Should Purchase a Case of this Beauty." ~ Jeb Dunnuck "Beautiful St. Julien...Better from 2021" ~James Suckling "Ideal St. Julien" is Neighbor to Leoville Las Cases Stephane Derenoncourt and Eric Boissenot consulting About the Wine Undeniably, Talbot is one of the most famous Médoc wines and certainly one of the best values in Saint-Julien. The Cordier family (an important Bordeaux negociant) has owned Talbot for more than a century. Named after a British soldier and dating to the fourteenth century, his important estate consists of more than one hundred hectares of vines. Talbot produces wine that is recognized for the consistent quality of its vintages. 2016 is the third of a trio of highly successful vintages at Talbot. For many, Talbot embodies the ideal Saint Julien with a generous bouquet, extremely stable and dependable during aging,’ emphasizes Bettane and Desseauve in their Guide to French Wines. Talbot has been classified as a 4th Grow