Château Lilian Ladouys is Bordeaux Cru Bourgeois wine property located in Saint-Estèphe with 40ha vineyards on gravel rich soils and well-drained slopes overlooking the Gironde.
93/100 Wine Enthusiast (2019 Vintage)
"From a large, 113-acre estate, this wine is dense, structured and full of dark coffee and spice flavours allied to rich tannins. Blackberry fruits shine through this texture promising aging. Drink from 2026."
92/100 James Suckling (2019 Vintage)
"Sweet currant and berry aromas with some very flowers follow through to a medium body, with firm and creamy tannins and a flavourful finish. I like the walnut and chocolate undertones."
92/100 Decanter (2019 Vintage)
"Lovely, expressive nose of sweet ripe fruits. The tannins are a bit too present at the moment, they take over and have a drying effect due to quite high acidity. There is definitely a core of ripe dark fruits with herb and liquorice edges but this needs more time to integrate."
91/100 Jeb Dunnuck (2019 Vintage)
"This château continues to bring the goods, and their 2019 Château Lilian Ladouys offers a medium-bodied, supple, elegant, and certainly delicious style as well as complex notes of redcurrants, darker mulberries, cedary spice, and dried herbs. It shows the elegant, more mid-weight side to the vintage, yet the balance is spot on, it has ripe tannins, and it’s going to keep for 15+ years. Best After 2022"
90/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (2019 Vintage)
"Offering up aromas of sweet berries, cherries, licorice and spices, the 2019 Lilian Ladouys is medium to full-bodied, ample and charming, with a giving, easygoing profile and a clean, precise finish. It's a competent effort that shows none of the appellation's stereo typically hard edges. Best After 2021."
16/20 Florencia Gomez, JancisRobinson.com (2019 Vintage)
"Cru bourgeois exceptionnel. Clayey gravel on limestone bedrock. Yield 44 hl/ha. Aged for 16 months, 35% new oak. Medium garnet. Meaty and earthy aroma. Generous red and blue fruit in the palate. Broad and opulent. Tannins are plush yet well integrated with the lively acidity. Long, smoky finish."