This is rich in anthocyanins, beautifully vibrant, showing the full violet reflections of a wine with a healthy pH. A succulent style delivering perfectly poised, juicy ripe blackberry and raspberry fruit. It has a gorgeous sense of vitality and keeps on delivering, but delicately, tiptoeing along the palate. A wine that makes you smile and absolutely delivers. 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Biodynamic. Read more at https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/clos-puy-arnaud-castillon-cotes-de-bordeaux-2016-11371#t2RWfbuK45vtI1ou.99

This is quite juicy and engaging even while being comparatively lightweight in feel, as damson plum and cassis notes drive through on racy acidity, while light sanguine and iron accents linger through the finish. Doesn't skimp on length either, despite the unencumbered style. Drink now through 2027. 1,900 cases made. — JM

The 2016 Clos Puy Arnaud is rich and fleshy, evoking aromas of crème de cassis, violet, graphite, spices and dark berries. Medium to full-bodied, it’s an exuberant wine with dense, powdery structuring tannins. This wine will drink well today and for the next five years. - Yohan Castaing

Layers of ripe fruits, rich and packed with red-berry flavors, give this wine concentration and an already delicious fruitiness. It is produced by Thierry Valette, whose family is prominent in Saint-Emilion. The fruit needs perhaps to calm down and fully integrate, so wait until 2021.