Château Haut-Marbuzet 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Haut-Marbuzet 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is aromatic and offers complexity, good definition, depth and a fine, relatively powerful grain. Fleshy wild blackcurrant, crunchy blackberry and slightly strawberry notes are combined with hints of liquorice, Sichuan pepper, nutmeg and fine graphite and liquorice. The palate is fresh, mineral, balanced, stretched, taut and offers a juicy/pulpy frame, good definition, a…

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Château Tour de Pez 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois

Château Tour de Pez 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois

The nose is fruity and offers a certain gourmandise and purity of fruit. There are notes of cherry, blueberry and, to a lesser extent, violet, combined with hints of tart raspberry, as well as fine hints of liquorice, a subtle hint of vanilla flowers and an imperceptible touch of pepper. The palate is fruity and…

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Château Le Boscq 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

Château Le Boscq 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

The nose is spicy, tightly wound and has a certain intensity. There are notes of clove, Sichuan pepper and wild berries combined with a hint of pepper and a very discreet hint of star anise. The palate is mineral, with freshness, tension, energy and an acidic/mineral structure. On the palate this wine expresses notes of…

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Château Tour de Termes 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

Château Tour de Termes 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

The nose is elegant, racy and offers nice fruit, power and depth. The wine benefits from being decanted. There are notes of fleshy wild blackcurrant, pepper and a hint of star anise combined with hints of morello cherry, wild strawberry, black plum, graphite and a hint of lily and mocha. The palate is fruity, fresh…

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Château Petit Bocq 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

Château Petit Bocq 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

The nose is spicy and offers some intensity and good definition. There are notes of Sichuan pepper, blackcurrant and, to a lesser extent, ripe red berries, combined with hints of camphor, morello cherry and fine spices. The palate is fruity, racy and offers minerality, freshness, a mineral frame, a fine tension and concentration. On the…

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Château Coutelin-Merville 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois

Château Coutelin-Merville 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois

The nose offers notes of ripe/crushed berries and more slightly spiced, with fine notes of racy, almost saline minerality and a discreet hint of rosewood, red berries and vanillin. The palate is mineral, discreetly tight and offers fruit, a fine fat and a certain tension. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy raspberry,…

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Château Tour des Termes 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

Château Tour des Termes 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

The nose is fruity, elegant, aromatic and offers some complexity. There are notes of black cherry, violet and, more slightly, crunchy violet plum combined with hints of crushed currants, fine hints of liquorice and a discreet touch of lilac and sweet tobacco. The palate is fruity and offers minerality, freshness, good definition, a certain gourmandise,…

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Château Lilian Ladouys 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

Château Lilian Ladouys 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

The nose is fresh, racy and offers a certain elegance as well as intensity in control and a certain finesse in its power. There are notes of pulpy cherry, fresh/ripe wild strawberry and more slightly pulpy berries combined with hints of violet, liquorice, and subtle hints of violet, lily, sweet spice and pepper (in the…

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Château Lafitte Carcasset 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

Château Lafitte Carcasset 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

The nose is fresh, aromatic and offers some power as well as a fine, racy grain. There are notes of boysenberry, fleshy strawberry and more slightly crushed raspberry combined with hints of liquorice stick, lilac, pepper as well as a subtle hint of cardamom and a very discreet hint of Sichuan pepper (in the background)….

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Château de Côme 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

Château de Côme 2019 – Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

(Organic) The nose is fresh, racy and offers tension and fine power. There are notes of wild blackcurrant, violet and, more slightly, wild red berries combined with a hint of pepper, lily, fine hints of star anise and a discreet touch of cola and spice. The palate is juicy, fresh and offers minerality, good definition,…

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