
Château Branaire-Ducru 2016 – Saint-Julien, Cru Classé
The nose is elegant, fresh and offers richness, minerality, a beautiful delicacy as well as a beautiful richness (but all in balance). It reveals notes of wild blackberry, fleshy/ripe red berries and more slightly fleshy strawberry associated with touches of violet/lily, Sichuan pepper, exotic spices as well as very discreet hints of toasted and cardamom (in the background). The palate is fruity, well-balanced, beautifully elegant, racy, very finely tight and offers a beautiful juiciness,

Château de Beychevelle 2016 – Saint-Julien, Cru Classé
The nose is fine, elegant, racy and offers a fine power, minerality, complexity, a very fine freshness as well as a good finesse of the grain. It reveals notes of blackberry, violet and more slightly wild strawberry associated with small touches of

Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2016 – Saint-Julien, Cru Classé
The nose is elegant, fruity and offers a beautiful definition, a beautiful race as well as a very fine intensity. It reveals notes of fleshy blackberry and wild strawberry associated with small touches of cassis as well as discreet hints of tonka bean, violet, Sichuan pepper, spices, graphite and an imperceptible hint of cardamom.

Château Lagrange 2016 – Saint-Julien, Cru Classé
The nose is elegant, aromatic, racy and offers a fine concentration/richness, a beautiful finesse of the grain as well as a small power. It reveals notes of cassis, crunchy wild red berries and more slightly blackberry associated with touches of wild strawberry, violet, liquorice as well as hints of Timut pepper, toasted, sweet spices and

Château Léoville-Barton 2016 – Saint-Julien, Cru Classé
The nose is elegant, charmin, racy and offers a fine silkyness, complexity as well as a beautiful

Château Langoa-Barton 2016 – Saint-Julien, Cru Classé
The nose is elegant and offers a very fine concentration. This wine should be decanted.

Château Léoville Poyferré 2016 – Saint-Julien, Cru Classé
The nose is elegant, beautifully racy and offers power (but full of finesse), a beautiful finesse of the grain as well as delicacy. It reveals notes of cassis, griotte and

Loudenne Le Château 2016 – Bordeaux
The nose is fruity and well-built. It reveals notes of ripe lemon, ripe pink grapefruit

Elise, Le Blanc du Château Le Pey 2017 – Bordeaux Blanc
The nose is fruity, mineral and offers freshness. It reveals notes of fresh zest, fresh

Cos d’Estournel 2016 – Bordeaux
The nose is aromatic and offers freshness as well as a small concentration. It reveals notes of lemon, ripe grapefruit and more slightly ripe nectarine associated with fine touches of ripe clementine as well as discreet hints of white flowers and crunchy William pear. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, elegant and offers a beautiful acidulous frame, suavity, a