Château Charmant 2016 – Margaux

Château Charmant 2016 – Margaux

The nose is fruity and offers crunchiness as well as elegance. It reveals notes of fleshy blackberry, crunchy strawberry and small notes of crunchy raspberry associated with touches of violet, liquorice, racy minerality as well as discreet hints of tonka bean (in the background) and an imperceptible hint of gray pepper. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a good…

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L’Aurore de Dauzac 2016 – Margaux

L’Aurore de Dauzac 2016 – Margaux

The nose is fine, relatively aromatic and offers elegance. It reveals notes of cassis, raspberry and small notes of violet associated with small touches of blue fruits, racy minerality as well as discreet toasted hints, Sichuan pepper and discreet hints of spices. The palate is fruity and offers straightness, juiciness, a beautiful definition / precision,…

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La Bastide Dauzac 2016 – Margaux

La Bastide Dauzac 2016 – Margaux

The nose is elegant and offers power and a small concentration. It reveals notes of cassis, blackberry and small notes of fleshy raspberry, fleshy cherry associated with fine touches of licorice and discreet woody hints. The palate is fruity, mineral (racy minerality), well-balanced and offers a good definition, a good structure as well as a…

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Marquis de Mons 2016 – Margaux

Marquis de Mons 2016 – Margaux

The nose is fruity, fresh and offers a fine intensity, a small power as well as a fine grain. It reveals notes of blackberry, gray pepper and more slightly ripe red fruits associated with touches of toasted, chocolate/tonka bean, vanilla, hints of violet as well as very discreet hints of spices and Cuben pepper (in…

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Gassies 2016 – Margaux

Gassies 2016 – Margaux

The nose is finely tight and offers concentration as well as a small intensity/power. This wine should be decanted. It reveals notes of cassis, wild blackberry and more slightly wild small red fruits, violet/flowers associated with touches of black pepper as well as hints of spices, toasted oak, rose, smoked and clove. The palate is…

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Château Bellevue de Tayac 2016 – Margaux, Cru Bourgeois

Château Bellevue de Tayac 2016 – Margaux, Cru Bourgeois

The nose is elegant, gourmand and well-built. It reveals notes of crushed blackberry and more slightly violet associated with fine touches of graphite, toasted/caramelized, Bourbon vanilla bud as well as discreet hints of chocolate and a very discreet hint of nutmeg. The palate is mineral, fruity, well-balanced, well-built and offers a good definition, a mineral…

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Château Paveil de Luze 2016 – Margaux, Cru Bourgeois

Château Paveil de Luze 2016 – Margaux, Cru Bourgeois

The nose is fruity, racy, elegant and offers a fine power/intensity as well as a beautiful finesse of the grain. It reveals notes of blacberry, fleshy strawberry and more slightly violet associated with touches of toasted, Bourbon vanilla, racy minerality as well as discreet hints of Cuben pepper, flowers and spices. The palate is fruity,…

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Château Haut-Breton Larigaudière 2016 – Margaux, Cru Bourgeois

Château Haut-Breton Larigaudière 2016 – Margaux, Cru Bourgeois

The nose is aromatic and offers a fine richness, a fine freshness, gourmandize as well as a good finesse of the grain. It reveals notes of ripe wild cassis, blackberry and more slightly wild strawberry, violet associated with small touches of Sichuan pepper, wild raspberry, cardamom as well as discreet hints of rose and spices….

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Château Deyrem Valentin 2016 – Margaux, Cru Bourgeois

Château Deyrem Valentin 2016 – Margaux, Cru Bourgeois

The nose offers power as well as a small concentration. It reveals notes of ripe cassis, wild berries and more slightly gray pepper associated with touches of violet/lily, hints of gray pepper as well as discreet hints of liquorice and an imperceptible hint of cardamom. The palate is fruity, mineral, well-balanced and offers a good…

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Château du Tertre 2010 – Margaux, Cru Classé

Château du Tertre 2010 – Margaux, Cru Classé

The nose is powerful, aromatic and offers a good finesse of the grain as well as concentration. It reveals notes of ripe/fleshy cassis and more slightly blackberry, fleshy wild strawberry associated with small touches of blueberry as well as discreet hints of mushroom/underwood and spices (in the background). The palate is fruity, juicy, finely tight and offers a good guideline, material, a fine fleshiness, a small suavity, a fine acidulous frame, gat, gourmandize as well as minerality. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry and fleshy wild strawberry associated with small/fine touches of chocolate, blueberry, wild raspberry as well as hints of tonka bean, discreet hints of vanilla, cardamom and an imperceptible hint of mushroom (in the background). Tannins are fine and elegant. Beautiful gourmandize on the finish. There are fine chews as well as a hint of toasted almond/grilled on the finish/persistence. A beautiful wine!  

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