Eddie Wolowski, JJ Buckley, January 2012

32.5% cabernet sauvignon, 55% merlot, 2.5% cabernet franc. Aged for 16 months in oak, 30% new. Pretty nose. This is powerful, yet light on its feet, with copious dark cherry flavors and a smooth finish.

91 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, February 2012

A wine with medium-to-full body and a lovely core of fruit with silky tannins. Very subtle verging on lean, but I like the austerity. Try in 2015.

Roland Hankerson, JJ Buckley, January 2012

50% cabernet sauvignon, 50% merlot. Pretty yet powerful on the nose, the wine shows copious dark cherry fruit aromas, while remaining light on its feet. The smooth finish lingers while showing soft tannins. This will see the best drinking over the next 15 years.

91 points,

Wine Enthusiast, February 2012

Big, firmly tannic wine, smoky and warm, with great swathes of black currant fruit. It is firmly structured, but it is the rich sweet fruits that are the attraction. R.V.

88 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2012

A tangy, taut style, with lively damson plum, Campari and red currant notes framed by subtle toast. This darkens a little through the finish, but stays on the sinewy side. Drink now through 2017. –JM

About Winery

"The Citran vineyards are divided into two. One plot is adjacent to the Margaux appellation and is very near to the chateau. The other is close to the town of Avensan, at the heart of the Haut-Medoc appellation. The first is the most spectacular. The gravel crest on which it lies slopes gently down towards the chateau and its wooded grounds. Cabernet Sauvignon covers 58% of the 90 hectares, and Merlot only 42%. In a never ending race towards quality, the work is never finished, and even now the gravel crests are being deforested to plant Cabernet Sauvignon vine plants. This will increase the Cabernet Sauvignon content in the composition of this Grand Vin. " www.citran.com/home.htm

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