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Château Gruaud-Larose 2016

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

92 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 94 from 9 critics
Community evidence
Community 91 from 84 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

85 / 100

Saint-Julien · 2016

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

2023now 20262043
Good to open now. The window runs 2023 to 2043. Published by 3 critics.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£98

Median £98 · 2026-10

Our own summary of 2 tracked offers in bottle, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-07. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Normalised to a per-750ml comparable: large formats run 15% above bottles here, on 2 observations.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
Quantity unknown × size unknownnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
Quantity unknown × size unknownnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x75cl£98£98£981not tracked
3x75cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
11x75cl × 11not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
12x75cl × 12not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x150cl£189£189£951not tracked
3x150cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x150cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x300cl£455£455£1141not tracked
3x300cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x500clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x600clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x1800clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked

Critic scores

  • 95–96/100Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 95–96/100Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 95/100Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

We hold 5 further critic scores for this vintage and show the 3 above.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 2 venues, £95–£114 per 750ml. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
mywineconnection.com · £114per 750ml · from 3000 ml
mywineconnection.com · £98per 750ml
selectionsommelier.com · £95per 750ml · from 1500 ml

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Château Gruaud-Larose 2016 price history.

LWIN 101107420160100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.