Source: jamessuckling.com. Issue Date: February 22, 2015 (JS-92)

A solid second wine with black licorice and blackberry and mineral character. Sliced Chinese mushrooms. Full body, firm tannins and a soft and sexy texture. Better in 2018.

Source: 227 The Wine Advocate, Issue Date: 28th Oct 2016, (RP-89)

Tasted blind at the Bordeaux 2012 Southwold tasting. The 2012 La Croix de Beaucaillou has a reserved but clean and focused bouquet of earthy black fruit, tobacco and a touch of bay leaf. It just needs a little more vigor. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. There is an attractive pencil lead note, fine balance with quite a long tail on the finish. This is another very satisfying deuxi?me vin from Bruno Borie, if not quite up there with the very best that he has produced in recent years. Tasted January 2016.
Drink Date: 2018 – 2030