Château Pape Clément 2017 – Pessac-Léognan Cru Classé

Château Pape Clément 2017 – Pessac-Léognan Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic, fresh, precise and offers a fine power as well as finesse. It reveals notes of blackberry, wild red berries and iris associated with touches of racy minerality, cassis, spices and Cuben peper. The palate is fresh, fruity, well-balanced, tight, precise, elegant, racy and offers tension, a beautiful finesse, straightness as well…

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Château Pape Clement 2017 – Pessac-Léognan

Château Pape Clement 2017 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fruity, fresh, precise, elegant, racy and offers a small incisive side. It reveals notes of lemon, mandarin zests and pink grapefruit associated with small notes of ripe nectarine as well as fine/discreet touches of pineapple. The palate is fruity, fresh, well-balanced, mineral and offers tension, a bit aerial, a beautiful precision/definition as…

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Château Pape Clément 2016 – Pessac-Léognan

Château Pape Clément 2016 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fine, fruity, racy and offers a nice minerality. It reveals notes of lemon and green apple associated with a discreet hint of flowers as well as slight notes of citrus and a touch of exotic fruits. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, racy, slightly fleshy and offers a nice roundness, fat, a fine…

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Château Pape Clément 2016 – Pessac Léognan – Grand Cru Classé de Graves

Château Pape Clément 2016 – Pessac Léognan – Grand Cru Classé de Graves

The nose is elegant, fresh, fruity, nicely racy, finely gourmand and offers a fine intensity. It reveals notes of cassis, blueberry, strawberry and hints of flowers (violet, blueberry) combined with a discreet hint of licorice, sweet spices, wood, a small hint of oriental spices as well as a very discreet hint of Sichuan pepper and…

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Clos Marsalette 2014 – Pessac-Léognan

Clos Marsalette 2014 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fruity, aromatic, elegant, racy and offers finesse. It reveals notes of ripe lemon and slight notes of sweet clementine associated with slight notes of exotic fruits as well as discreet hints of pear. The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced, nicely gourmand, racy and offers a beautiful acid frame/tension. In the mouth this…

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La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion 2016 – Pessac-Léognan

La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion 2016 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is well-balanced and  slightly powerful. It reveals slight notes of ripe blackberry and slight hints of cassis associated with hints of spices, fresh/ripe raspberry, fresh/ripe cherry as well as a discreet hint of gray pepper. The palate is fruity, fresh, elegant and offers a beautiful roundness, a good definition as well as a…

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Le Clarence de Haut-Brion  2016 – Pessac-Léognan

Le Clarence de Haut-Brion  2016 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fresh and slightly aromatic. It reveals slight notes of fresh/ripe blackberry and fresh/ripe red berries associated with toasted hints, licorice stick as well as a discreet hint of Sichuan pepper (in the background). The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced, slightly tight and offers an acid frame, a slight tension, freshness, a good…

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Château Malartic Lagravière 2016 – Pessac-Léognan, Grand Cru Classé de Graves

Château Malartic Lagravière 2016 – Pessac-Léognan, Grand Cru Classé de Graves

The nose is fresh, fruity, slightly powerful and offers a slight concentration as well as a small incisive side. It reveals notes of fresh blackberry and fresh strawberry associated with slight notes of cassis, toasted oak, sweet spices, slight touches of racy minerality as well as discreet hints of Sichuan pepper and an imperceptible minted hint….

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Château Le Pape 2016  – Pessac-Léognan

Château Le Pape 2016  – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fruity and powerful. It reveals notes of cassis cream and small wild black berries associated with discreet hints of wild strawberry as well as very slight hints of grilled oak and an imperceptible hint of licorice. The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced, “clean”/precise and offers a nice fat, a slight minerality, a…

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Château Cantelys 2016 – Pessac-Léognan

Château Cantelys 2016 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fresh, fruity and fine. It reveals notes of boysenberry and cassis associated with slight notes of red fruits (wild strawberry), minerality as well as a discreet hint of Sichuan pepper. The palate is fruity, juicy and offers a beautiful preserved fruit, fat as well as a slight tension. In the mouth this…

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