Labastide Dauzac 2024 – Margaux

(60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 12% Petit Verdot) Lovely, racy, floral and frank nose offering lovely finesse, tension and a fresh, frank grain. There are notes of fresh/bright wild cassis, pulpy raspberry and small notes of sweet spices, associated with touches of sweet tobacco, as well as fine hints of lilac, smoke and a hint of racy minerality. The palate is well-built, juicy, fruity and offers freshness, minerality, a tangy frame, precision, minerality, fine tension, suppleness and lovely purity of fruit. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of juicy/pulpy blackberry, raspberry and small notes of fleshy/juicy cherry, combined with touches of fleshy cassis, a hint of fresh plum, as well as hints of racy minerality, tonka bean and discreet hints of tobacco. Good length. Subtle chewiness on the finish/persistence.