Bettane & Desseauve

Nez épanoui, grand fruit mûr, touches de pivoine et de rose ancienne, bouche grasse, dense, avec des tannins serrés et un rien fermes, un boisé assez marqué mais un potentiel indéniable. À déguster entre 2022 et 2030.

Decanter (2017) 92 / 100

A highly attractive vintage for Siran, with a darkly spiced frame coming from a high 9% of Petit Verdot (a grape that did particularly well in 2016), blended with 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc, with a pH of 3.61. The estate has a new winemaker this year in Marjolaine DeFrance. There are clear touches of the florality of Margaux and this is an excellent wine, less succulent than 2015 perhaps, but with intensity, staying power and beautifully poised fruit. This is an estate that just keeps getting better and is a name to follow. Drinking Window 2023 - 2045

James Suckling (2019) 96 / 100

Very attractive, plush and rich red and dark-fruit aromas with beautifully integrated oak and youthful, spicy complexity. The palate has lush, seamless and velvety tannins that are elegant yet powerful and deliver a silky build of ripe dark-berry flavors into a long, seamless finish. Greatest Siran ever! Try from 2023.

Jeff Leve (2019) 92 / 100

Deep in color the wine pops with oak, licorice, smoke, red fruits and espresso. The wine is medium-bodied, round delivers tobacco, licorice and dark, red pit fruit in the finish. Give this 7-8 years and pop a cork on the best value in the Margaux appellation.

Le Figaro (2017) 95 / 100

Petits fruits rouges, cerise griotte, nez profond, dense. Bouche séveuse, juteuse, très longue, sapide, tannins amples, beaucoup de matière.

Parker (2018) 90 / 100

The 2016 Siran has a deep garnet-purple color and nose of cassis and chocolate-covered cherries with wafts of black soil, licorice and violets. The medium-bodied palate is lively with grainy tannins and a good fruit core.

RVF 17 / 20

Proche du fruit, le Margaux 2016 est un peu ferme mais très prometteur. Le mot du domaine La cuvée 2016 est plus concentrée et plus complexe que l'année précédente mais garde cette légèreté typique de Siran. On retrouve une belle concentration naturelle des jus.

Wine Enthusiast (2019) 94 / 100

Now with more Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend than in the past, this wine has elegant black-currant fruits and tannins allied to a lift of acidity. Showing the continued improvements at this southern Margaux estate, the wine is joyful and ripe. Drink from 2025.

Wine Spectator (2019)

The frame of sandalwood dust and singed cedar gives this a slightly restrained feel for now, though the core of bitter plum, black cherry and lilac notes is solidly built. The sandalwood edge holds sway on the finish, keeping this slightly austere for now. Cellaring should let this wine's charms emerge fully. Best from 2022 through 2032. 7,500 cases made. — JM

Yves Beck (2018) 91 / 100

Rouge grenat aux reflets violets. Que d’élégance au nez ! Siran 2016 est subtil, filigrane et complexe avec des notes fruitées, épicées ainsi qu’une touche d’élevage. Au palais, c’est la fraîcheur qui donne le ton et qui rend le vin juteux. Les tannins sont bien intégrés et forment une bonne assise avec la structure. Le palais doit encore gagner en expression aromatique et mérite donc un peu de garde. 2022-2034

Appellation	Margaux
Superficie	36 ha
Encépagement	Merlot 46% - Cabernet Sauvignon 40% - Petit Verdot 13% - Cabernet Franc 1%
Age moyen des vignes	31 ans
Sols et sous-sol	Sablo-graveleux avec d’anciennes alluvions
Elevage	Barrique neuves entre 60 à 80% neuves pendant 15 mois