2016 Château Gloria, St-Julien
The Gloria 2016 is a demonstrative, impressive wine with brooding intensity of dark cherry fruit, graphite and cocoa nibs. There is a real sense of confidence and energy to the wine, which is felt through the fine-textured, ripe and supple tannins, the bright line of acidity and the crescendo of fruit and spices on the palate. This has a muscular feel and needs an hour in the decanter at the moment before drinking but opens into such a splendid wine.