“Alias Croizet Bages has made strides toward more consistent quality, and this wine underscores that progress. I’ve tasted it a few times recently, and although it’s lighter than some of the other second wines from Pauillac, it offers bright, firm blackberry fruit. There’s no need to wait too long to open it.” (Decanter 2018)
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Nose
A beautiful bouquet of dark fruits and raspberries
Palate
Smooth, elegant, slightly tannic but with good fruit
Serve
At 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2019
Drink before
2029
Production
About 36,000 bottles
Food and wine pairings
Pair with lamb, game, or a selection of cheeses
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2020 guide): 2 stars (A solid, recommendable wine, though slightly more consistent and uniform than the previous vintage)
About the estate:
This classified growth is situated on beautiful gravel terraces between Grand Puy Lacoste and Lynch-Bages. Jean Philippe Quié and his sister Anne-Françoise are determined to give it every opportunity to flourish, and there has been real progress since 2015, even if the 2016 vintage hasn't quite fulfilled all the promise shown in the barrel tastings before bottling. A new winery should help to definitively solidify these improvements.
Decanter
Wine rated (2018 guide) 88/100
About the wine:
Alias Croizet Bages has made strides toward more consistent quality, and this wine underscores that progress. I’ve tasted it several times recently, and although it’s lighter than some of the other second wines from Pauillac, it offers bright, firm blackberry fruit. There’s no need to wait too long to open it.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2020 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer’s wines regularly receive awards from the guide)
About the estate:
Located on the Bages plateau south of Pauillac, this estate, established in the 18th century by brothers Louis and Henri Croizet from small plots of land, comprises 26 hectares of vineyards planted on gravelly soils. Owned by the Quié family (Rauzan-Gassies in Margaux) since 1942, it is now managed by Jean-Michel Quié and his children Anne-Françoise and Jean-Philippe.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated estate (2020 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2020 guide) Selected (Please note that this guide is a ranking, and as such, all the estates listed here—even those without a star—represent, in our view, the pinnacle of French winemaking.)
About the estate:
Like Rauzan-Gassies in Margaux, this estate belongs to the Quié family. It may not have the resources of the appellation's top producers, but it can nevertheless be tender and delicious in good vintages. In such cases, it represents a good deal for wine lovers, thanks to its very reasonable prices.
James Suckling
Wine rated (2018 guide) 89/100
Rated winery (2020 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
It has notes of ripe fruit, red plums, iodine, and red berries on the nose, which carry through to a refined yet firm palate offering good balance and medium body.
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