Château Phélan Ségur 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity and offers a nice fleshiness and intensity of fruit. There are notes of fleshy red berries, crushed red berries and, more slightly, violet, combined with a hint of pulpy blackcurrant, fleshy plum, fine hints of violet, black tea, lily, as well as a fine hint of saffron, a very discreet, almost balsamic hint and an imperceptible hint of fresh vanilla. The palate is mineral, fresh, balanced, fruity and offers a nice definition, gourmandise, roundness, fleshiness/pulpiness of the fruit, brilliance, a finely tightened tannic structure as well as a fine airiness in the approach. Nice, crunchy (fruit) and a coating side. On the palate this wine expresses fleshy/juicy red berry, crushed raspberry and more slightly pulpy red plum notes combined with hints of fresh violet, rose, iodine salinity/graves as well as fine hints of liquorice stick, sweet blond tobacco, subtle graphite/camphor and mocha. The tannins are mellow. A subtle hint of toasted hazelnut in the background and an imperceptible hint of blueberry.