Le Blanc de Fontenil 2022 – Bordeaux Blanc

Le Blanc de Fontenil 2022 – Bordeaux Blanc

The nose is fresh and offers fruit, a certain crunchiness as well as a beautiful grain. It reveals notes of crushed apple, crushed white peach and small notes of fresh apricot associated with a discreet hint of quince as well as a hint of fresh pineapple. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, a tangy…

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Château Moulin Haut-Laroque 2023 – Bordeaux Blanc

Château Moulin Haut-Laroque 2023 – Bordeaux Blanc

The nose is fruity, gourmand, unctuous and offers a nice finesse, precision as well as a nice texture/fat (surely from the stirring/bâtonnage). We find notes of creamy nectarine, pear and small notes of citrus fruits associated with a touch of apricot as well as subtle floral hints (yellow flowers…) and butter. The palate is beautifully…

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Château-Figeac 1959 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Premier Grand Cru Classé

Château-Figeac 1959 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Premier Grand Cru Classé

The nose is delicate, subtle, precise and offers a beautiful energy. It reveals notes of tobacco and quite ripe small red fruits associated with hints of nutmeg, almond and sweet spices. The palate is beautifully juicy, elegant, racy, supple, airy and offers an acidulous frame. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of juicy/acidulous blackberry,…

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Château Duffort-Vivens 2023 – Margaux, Cru Classé

Château Duffort-Vivens 2023 – Margaux, Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, elegant, gourmand and offers power and delicacy with a nice silky side in the touch. It expresses notes of bright blackcurrant, violet, bright blackberry and more slightly – small roasted-juicy red fruits as well as hints of purple plum, liquorice stick, sweet blond tobacco and a very discreet hint of graphite…

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2nd de Pez 2023 – Saint-Estèphe

2nd de Pez 2023 – Saint-Estèphe

A lovely floral nose, elegant, concentrated, which offers depth, accuracy, a lovely pulpiness and delicacy. It expresses notes of concentrated wild blackcurrant, pulpy blueberry and more slightly – small ripe wild red berries, as well as a floral hint, fresh pepper and a discreet almost balsamic hint. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, a…

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Château de Pez 2023 – Saint-Estèphe

Château de Pez 2023 – Saint-Estèphe

A lovely fruity, fresh, taut, harmonious nose that offers power in freshness, depth, elegance. It expresses notes of boysenberry, fresh/bright red berries and small notes of blueberry – associated with touches of bright red berries, almost roasted-juicy berries as well as hints of violet, graphite and a subtle hint of smoke. The palate is beautifully…

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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2023 – Pauillac, Cru Classé

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2023 – Pauillac, Cru Classé

A lovely elegant nose, fine, precise, and offers aromatic depth and racy minerality, complexity and a lovely finesse of the grain. It expresses notes of pulpy Boysen berry, fleshy/ripe blackcurrant and more slightly – crushed small red fruits associated with touches of bright wild strawberry, as well as hints of blueberry, camphor, racy gravel, an…

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Réserve de Pichon Comtesse 2023 – Pauillac

Réserve de Pichon Comtesse 2023 – Pauillac

A lovely elegant nose, fine, precise, and offers aromatic depth and racy minerality, complexity and a lovely finesse of the grain. It expresses notes of pulpy Boysen berry, fleshy/ripe blackcurrant and more slightly – crushed small red fruits associated with touches of bright wild strawberry, as well as hints of blueberry, camphor, racy gravel, an…

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Gassies 2023 – Margaux

Gassies 2023 – Margaux

The nose is fruity, mineral, precise and offers tension, precision, a nice finesse and gourmandise, depth. It expresses notes of violet, pulpy cherry and more slightly – wild blackcurrant associated with touches of cornflower, crushed berries as well as a discreet hint of timut pepper, lily and fresh spices. The palate is fruity and offers…

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L’Orme de Rauzan-Gassies 2023 – Haut-Médoc

L’Orme de Rauzan-Gassies 2023 – Haut-Médoc

A lovely mineral nose, frank, chiseled, precise, which offers tension, accuracy, a lovely power in precision and accuracy, a lovely airy side. It expresses notes of wild blackberry, green pepper and more slightly – small dense red fruits associated with touches of cornflower, racy minerality, fresh/juicy wild strawberry, iris and a hint of smoke. The…

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