Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2011 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2011 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a certain purity. There are notes of zan, blackcurrant, crunchy wild berries and slightly more crushed cherry combined with hints of sweet blond tobacco, saffron and a discreet hint of crushed blue berries and mocha. The palate is fruity, nicely fresh, guided and offers a fine straightness and…

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Château Croizet-Bages 2011 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Croizet-Bages 2011 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, racy and offers crunchiness, freshness, a certain light intensity and harmony. There are notes of blackcurrant, crunchy, graphite and more slightly blueberry, crunchy blue plum as well as fine hints of wild red berries, morello cherry, liquorice, zan and a subtle hint of spice. The palate is fruity, fresh and offers…

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Château Pichon Baron 2012 – Pauillac 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Pichon Baron 2012 – Pauillac 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is spicy, aromatic, discreetly tight and offers fine concentration and depth. There are notes of blackcurrant, incense, saffron and a little spice, with hints of ripe wild strawberry, fine hints of star anise and a discreet hint of lilac (in the background) and a subtle touch of sweet pepper. The palate is fruity…

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Château Grand-Puy Ducasse 2012 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Grand-Puy Ducasse 2012 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic and offers a certain power, a stretched side, a fine grain as well as a certain intensity. There are notes of wild strawberries, red berries, violets and a hint of pepper, combined with hints of fresh tobacco, tea, sweet spices and cloves. The palate is fruity, tightly wound and offers juiciness,…

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Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2012 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2012 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

The wine needs to be decanted. Crunchy blackcurrant, morello cherry and slightly blueberry notes are combined with touches of racy/seedy minerality, fine liquorice/zan, discreet cardamom and an imperceptible hint of clove, fresh vanilla and almost black truffle. The palate is fresh, mineral, balanced and offers a good definition, an acidic backbone, a nice racy minerality,…

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Château Croizet-Bages 2012 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Croizet-Bages 2012 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, precise and offers a nice finesse of grain as well as power in finesse. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of blackberry, blue berries and, more slightly, blueberry, wild strawberry combined with fine touches of black pepper, racy minerality and a subtle hint of graphite and nutmeg. The palate is…

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Grand Vin de Château Latour 2015 – Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classé

Grand Vin de Château Latour 2015 – Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, mineral and offers delicacy, purity, depth, grain and a fine airiness in the approach. There are notes of wild blackcurrant, star anise and, more slightly, ripe black berry fruit, combined with hints of pulpy cherry, graphite, racy minerality and discreet, almost toasted almond notes. The palate is nicely fruity, racy and…

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Château Mouton Rothschild 2019 – Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classé

Château Mouton Rothschild 2019 – Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, fruity, complex and offers elegance, intensity and finesse, a fine grain and a nice aromatic intensity. There are notes of graphite, Bigarreau cherry and, more slightly, camphor, combined with delicate touches of crunchy black fruit, fine raspberry, discrete hints of lily, lilac and a subtle hint of clove, nutmeg and a…

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Château Clerc Milon 2019 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Clerc Milon 2019 – Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, fresh, racy and offers concentration and depth. There are notes of wild blackcurrant, wild berries and, more slightly, pepper, combined with hints of violet, green cardamom, wild red berries, as well as fine spices and a discreet hint of blond tobacco. A discreet, almost smoky hint in the background. The palate…

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Château Pichon Baron 2019 – Pauillac 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Pichon Baron 2019 – Pauillac 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic and offers power/force in delicacy, mastery, depth as well as a certain intensity in finesse/ripeness. There are notes of liquorice, fresh violet and more slightly graphite combined with delicate mineral touches, fine points of black tea, sap as well as a subtle hint of spice, Sichuan pepper, a discreet touch of…

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