Château Charmail 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

Château Charmail 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

The nose is fresh, discreetly tight and tense. The wine benefits from decanting. There are notes of blackcurrant, ripe strawberry and slightly balsamic, combined with fine touches of zan, a subtle hint of Madagascar pepper, as well as a subtle hint of ripe cherry and discreet hints of nutmeg/fresh flowers. The palate is fresh, mineral,…

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Château Devise d’Ardilley 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

Château Devise d’Ardilley 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

The nose is fruity, tangy and offers intensity in its fruit and freshness. There are notes of crunchy cherry, raspberry and, more slightly, juicy blueberry, combined with hints of blueberry, pulpy blackcurrant, as well as fine hints of liquorice, cardamom, discreet hints of violet and a subtle touch of zan. The palate is fruity and…

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Château Arnauld 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

Château Arnauld 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

The nose is elegant, fruity and offers creaminess, freshness and fine complexity. There are notes of creamy blackberry and slightly crushed redcurrant combined with hints of black cherry, violet, liquorice and fine blue berry, bergamot and a subtle hint of sweet spice. The palate is fruity and offers freshness, minerality, good definition, a certain gourmandise,…

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Château de Malleret 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

Château de Malleret 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

The nose is fruity and offers a fine richness, controlled power, fine intensity and a very fine straightness. There are notes of wild blackcurrant, crushed blackberry and, to a lesser extent, fleshy cherry/griotte, combined with hints of liquorice stick, cardamom, a fine touch of camphor and a discreet hint of pepper and toast. The palate…

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Château du Taillan 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

Château du Taillan 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

The nose is racy. There are notes of fresh blackberry, racy minerality and more slightly peppery notes combined with delicate touches of juicy red fruit as well as fine zan and a very discreet hint of blond tobacco (in the background). The palate is fruity, balanced, discreetly tight and offers freshness, minerality, harmony, a juicy/fresh…

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Château Peyrat-Fourthon 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

Château Peyrat-Fourthon 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

The nose is fruity and offers a nice definition of the fruit as well as ripe, fleshy and juicy fruit at the same time. There are notes of creamy blackberry, fleshy blue berries and more slightly fleshy raspberry combined with hints of blueberry, liquorice, fresh lily, fine zan and a discreet hint of sweet spice…

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Château Dillon 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

Château Dillon 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

The nose offers some power, good definition, harmony and some intensity and finesse. There are notes of morello cherry, violet and slightly crushed currant combined with hints of violet plum and hints of blueberry, racy minerality and liquorice. The palate is fruity and offers minerality, freshness, good definition, fine straightness, good structure and an acidic…

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Château de Braude 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

Château de Braude 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

The nose is fruity and offers a fine power and some concentration. There are notes of wild blackcurrant, ripe berries and more slightly violet, lilac combined with fine touches of liquorice, tobacco, graphite and a subtle hint of incense and pepper. The palate is fruity, mineral, balanced and offers a fresh/mineral structure, some juiciness and…

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Château Barreyres 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

Château Barreyres 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

The nose is fresh and offers minerality and a fine graphite quality. There are notes of wild blackcurrant, pulpy raspberry and, to a lesser extent, wild strawberry, combined with hints of boysenberry and fine graphite, tonka bean and a subtle hint of vanilla. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, minerality, acidity, a certain gourmandise,…

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Château D’Arcins 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

Château D’Arcins 2019 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

The nose reveals notes of incense, toast and more slightly wild blackcurrant, blackberry combined with hints of violet, lily as well as a fine touch of pepper and fine hints of sweet tobacco. The palate is fresh, mineral, tightly wound and has a slight uprightness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of crunchy raspberry,…

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