CHÂTEAU FOURCAS HOSTEN 2023 – Listrac-Médoc

The nose is racy, aromatic, fresh, with a certain complexity, a frac grain, racy and straight. It expresses notes of bigarreau cherry, graphene and fresh black pepper associated with touches of roasted-fresh berries, violet as well as a hint of camphor and zan. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, freshness, good definition, suavity, a tangy frame, a certain small tension, accuracy, energy. It expresses notes of juicy/tangy blackberry, pulpy/juicy blackcurrant and more slightly – bright red cherry associated with touches of blueberry, zan, liquorice stick, racy gravel, infusion, sage and toast. Good length, precise and mellow tannins. A subtle iodized hint in the background, mellow finish, with the discreet bitterness of cocoa on the persistence