Château Gloria 2016
St-Julien
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£268.32
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Arriving: Autumn 2026
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2022 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2040 |
| Grapes: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot | |
Critic scores
93 RP, 95 NM, 96 AG, 94 JS, 94 JD, 17.5 JR, 95 JA, 94 DC, 94 WS, 93-95 JL, 93 YB, 94 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2016 Gloria is showing brilliantly and appears to be entering the beginning of its drinking window. Offering up a deep bouquet of sweet crème de cassis and blackberries mingled with sweet spices and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with fine concentration, ripe tannins and bright acids, it's a vibrant, precise wine from this sometimes rather flamboyantly styled estate, impressing for its purity of fruit and structural seamlessness. Gloria in excelsis!"
William Kelley, October 2022, RobertParker.com
"The 2016 Gloria put in an extremely promising performance. It has an intense Pauillac-like bouquet with graphite-infused black fruit that has real drive and intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, black olive, a tad more citrus-fresh towards the finish, which is tensile and delivers the sapidity to urge you back for more. Superb. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting."
Neal Martin, February 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2016 Gloria is one of the undisputed stars of this vintage. Rich, deep and explosive, the 2016 possesses tremendous intensity in all of its dimensions. Sweet red cherry, tobacco, menthol, licorice and dried rose petal all add complexity. In 2016 Gloria is a real head-turner. It should be a fabulous value as well. There is not much else to say."
Antonio Galloni, December 2018, Vinous.com
"Beautiful aromas of blackcurrants and blueberries. Hot-stone undertones. Full-bodied, very tight and focused with very fine tannins that are strong and bright. Compressed. Serious. Try in 2023."
James Suckling, February 2019, JamesSuckling.com
"Plum colour, with spiced damson and raspberry leaf aromatics. A good few years from being truly open and ready to drink, this is nevertheless superbly enjoyable, even if closed in. Unrolls to show waves of cocoa bean, dark chocolate shavings, espresso, crushed rocks, bilberry and blackcurrant fruits. The chewy tannins are confident and dominating the structure, exerting quiet control over the shape and form of the palate. Bursting with poential. 40% new oak, with one of the latest harvests in the vertical, running from September 29 to October 17. Remi di Constanzo technical director."
Jane Anson, November 2022, JaneAnson.com
"Tasted blind. Restrained nose suggests there’s a lot going on here. Savoury – as dry as a Barton wine – but with great constitution. Drier than usual. Drink 2027-2045"
Jancis Robinson, February 2020, JancisRobinson.com
"Immediately on the nose you get the rich structure of the fruit, rippling with texture and life. It has just the right amount of drama, offering a tight and well-focussed delivery. This is beautiful, showing great underlying freshness and grip with real tension and minerality. Drinking Window 2027 - 2050"
Jane Anson, April 2017, Decanter.com
William Kelley, October 2022, RobertParker.com
"The 2016 Gloria put in an extremely promising performance. It has an intense Pauillac-like bouquet with graphite-infused black fruit that has real drive and intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, black olive, a tad more citrus-fresh towards the finish, which is tensile and delivers the sapidity to urge you back for more. Superb. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting."
Neal Martin, February 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2016 Gloria is one of the undisputed stars of this vintage. Rich, deep and explosive, the 2016 possesses tremendous intensity in all of its dimensions. Sweet red cherry, tobacco, menthol, licorice and dried rose petal all add complexity. In 2016 Gloria is a real head-turner. It should be a fabulous value as well. There is not much else to say."
Antonio Galloni, December 2018, Vinous.com
"Beautiful aromas of blackcurrants and blueberries. Hot-stone undertones. Full-bodied, very tight and focused with very fine tannins that are strong and bright. Compressed. Serious. Try in 2023."
James Suckling, February 2019, JamesSuckling.com
"Plum colour, with spiced damson and raspberry leaf aromatics. A good few years from being truly open and ready to drink, this is nevertheless superbly enjoyable, even if closed in. Unrolls to show waves of cocoa bean, dark chocolate shavings, espresso, crushed rocks, bilberry and blackcurrant fruits. The chewy tannins are confident and dominating the structure, exerting quiet control over the shape and form of the palate. Bursting with poential. 40% new oak, with one of the latest harvests in the vertical, running from September 29 to October 17. Remi di Constanzo technical director."
Jane Anson, November 2022, JaneAnson.com
"Tasted blind. Restrained nose suggests there’s a lot going on here. Savoury – as dry as a Barton wine – but with great constitution. Drier than usual. Drink 2027-2045"
Jancis Robinson, February 2020, JancisRobinson.com
"Immediately on the nose you get the rich structure of the fruit, rippling with texture and life. It has just the right amount of drama, offering a tight and well-focussed delivery. This is beautiful, showing great underlying freshness and grip with real tension and minerality. Drinking Window 2027 - 2050"
Jane Anson, April 2017, Decanter.com