Les Hauts de Smith 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Les Hauts de Smith 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Nice nose offering a controlled intensity, a certain power as well as a nice fine and powerful grain. It reveals notes of fresh blackberry, small wild black berries and slight notes of pepper associated with touches of violet, lily as well as slight hints of nutmeg, a discreet almost rooty note, colas and a very…

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Château Le Thil comte Clary 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Château Le Thil comte Clary 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fruity and offers lovely bitterness, a hint of torrefaction and a certain purity. It reveals notes of bright blackcurrant, crushed blackberry and slight hints of black plum associated with touches of violet, lily, slight hints of torrefaction, dark chocolate as well as discreet hints of toasted hazelnut and vanilla. The palate is…

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Château Malartic Lagravière 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Château Malartic Lagravière  2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is elegant, fruity and offers delicacy, tension as well as a certain power in subtlety and finesse. It reveals notes of fresh yellow apple, crunchy white fruits and slight notes of fresh yellow berries, fresh mirabelle plum as well as hints of racy minerality, a subtle hint of honeysuckle, quenette and a discreet…

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Le Comte de Malartic 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Le Comte de Malartic 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose offers a nice freshness, a certain intensity, depth and some power. It reveals notes of fresh zest, yellow apple and slight notes of kumquat associated with fine touches of fresh quince as well as fine hints of fresh acacia. The mouth is nicely fresh, balanced and offers minerality, a tangy frame, a nice…

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Château Malartic Lagravière 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Château Malartic Lagravière 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is mineral, racy, finelly chiseled and offers a pretty elegance and subtle delicacy. It reveals notes of bright boysenberry, bright purple plum and slight notes of wild strawberry associated with touches of pepper, liquorice, fresh blond tobacco and almost a discreet hint of eucalyptus. The palate is nicely juicy, fresh and offers aromatic…

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Le Comte de Malartic 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Le Comte de Malartic  2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fruity, graphic and offers a fine richness, an iodised hint as well as a nice grain. It reveals notes of fresh/ripe blackberry, strawberry and slight notes of violet associated with touches of dark chocolate, violet as well as a slight hint of cornflower, racy minerality and vanilla. The palate is fruity, fresh,…

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Château Haut-Brion 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Château Haut-Brion 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is elegant, precise, racy and offers a certain richness in precision, accuracy as well as some stretchiness. It reveals notes of pulpy peach, peach blossom and slight notes of pulpy/juicy berries associated with touches of juicy tangerine, quenette as well as a discreet hint of exotic fruits/passion fruit and a delicate hint of…

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is elegant and offers a fleshy finish, a certain power of the grain as well as a certain richness of the fruit. It reveals notes of fleshy apple, fleshy peach and slight notes of crunchy/fresh Williams pear associated with small touches of white flowers, delicate hints of fresh grapefruit as well as a…

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La Clarté de Haut-Brion 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

La Clarté de Haut-Brion  2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is crystalline and offers purity as well as fruitiness. It reveals notes of lychee, small pulpy/juicy white fruits and slight notes of ripe lemon associated with fine touches of exotic fruits. The mouth is fruity and coating, it offers juiciness, a nice definition, gourmandise, a nice roundness / fattiness in finesse, purity as…

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Château Haut-Brion 2020 – Pessac-Léognan

Château Haut-Brion  2020 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fruity, fresh, tense, racy and currently a bit tight (needs time to open up). It reveals notes of crushed blackberry, crushed strawberry and slight notes of cornflower/violet associated with touches of creamy berries (blue, red) as well as hints of liquorice stick, salinity and a fine hint almost eucalyptus. The palate is…

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