The 2016 Les Cruzelles is every bit as captivating from bottle as it was from barrel. Dense, pliant and inviting, the 2016 has so much to offer. Black cherry, plum, menthol, licorice, new leather and lavender all run through this super-expressive, pliant Lalande de Pomerol from Denis Durantou. The 2016 offers a striking combination of fruit intensity and structure. I loved it. - vinous.com, Januaey 2019

From more clay soils, the 2016 Château Cruzelles is a darker, more structured effort and offers plenty of blackcurrant fruit, notes of smoked earth, gravelly minerality, and underbrush, medium to full body, and a balanced, beautifully layered style. The 2016 vintage is loaded with high-quality wines that represent terrific values and this is one of them. Drink it over the coming 10-15 years. - jebdunnuck.com, February 2019

The medium garnet-purple colored 2016 Les Cruzelles gives up notes of raspberry preserves and chocolate-covered cherries with touches of unsmoked cigars and tilled soil. Medium-bodied and softly textured, the palate delivers loads of red and black fruits with a velvety texture and lively finish. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, November 2018

The 2016 Les Cruzelles, Denis Durantou’s other Lalande de Pomerol after La Chenade, was bottled around the same time, at the end of May 2018. It has a slightly more savory bouquet than the La Chenade, featuring scents of black cherry and lavender plus light notes of crushed stone. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, grippy tannin. There is a symmetry and tension about this Les Cruzelles that I love. It’s a tad closed at the moment, but it will open in its own time. "Give it a chance to mellow," says Durantou. Sage advice.
Vinous, Jan 2019

A very finely textured red with cherries, chocolate and berries. Medium body and fine tannins. A beauty. - March 2017

Denis Durantou's brilliant Lalande de Pomerol estate. Same owner as L'Eglise Clinet. Wild strawberry, red cherry and a hint of plum. Grippy tannins, and a darker fruit profile than the nose suggests - complex and charming. Mineral on the finish. - April 2017

The juicy, fun raspberry and blackberry fruit has melded nicely with singed anise and fruitcake accents. Polished finish. - James Molesworth (WineSpectator.com, April 2017)

Ripe and round with real racy structure. Lots of energy and a little more tannin than the Chenade. Good stuff! GV. Drink 2022-2030. - jancisrobinson.com, April 2017