Cos d’Estournel  2016 – Saint-Estèphe, Cru Classé

Cos d’Estournel  2016 – Saint-Estèphe, Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, beautifully elegant, racy and offers power, richness as well as energy. It reveals notes of cassis, cherry and small notes of owers (lilac, lily, violet) associated with discreet hints of red fruits as well as an imper- ceptible hint of gray pepper. The palate is racy, well-balanced and offers a beautiful…

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Château  Calon  Ségur 2016 – Saint-Estèphe, Cru Classé

Château  Calon  Ségur 2016 – Saint-Estèphe, Cru Classé

The  nose  is  elegant,  fruity,  complex,  spicy  and  offers  a  beautiful  finesse of the grain. It  reveals  notes of  blackberry, fleshy  cassis and more  slightly  gray  pepper  associated  with  small  touches of  sweet  spices, red  fruits,  liquorice  stick,  lily/varietals,  toasted  and tonka  bean. The  palate  is  fruity,  juicy, well-balanced  and  offers   a  beautiful  definition, a  beautiful  acidulous  frame, a  beautiful  suavity, silkiness, a good  definition  as  well  as a  beautiful  texture/material. On the  palate  this  wine  expresses notes of black cherry, ripe/juicy  redcurrant  and  small  touches of  juicy  cassis  associated  with fin e hints  of  small  red  berries, flowers,  discreet  hints  of  toasted, cocoa, grilled  oak  as  well  as  very  discreet  hints  of  cardamom  and  toasted  hazel nut. Tannins are fine and  elegant. Good  length.   

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Château Cos  Labory  2012 – Saint-Estèphe, Cru Classé

Château Cos  Labory  2012 – Saint-Estèphe, Cru Classé

The  nose  is  fruity, gourmand,  racy  and  offers  fleshiness, a  small  richness  as  well  as  elegance. It reveals notes of  blackberry, gray  pepper  and small notes of  raspberry,  gravels  associated  with  fine touches of  oak,  smoke  as  well  as  discreet  hints  of violet, spices  and a  very  discreet  hint  of  mushroom  (in the background). The  palate  is  fruity,  slightly tight  and  offers  a  small  juiciness, structure, a  small  tension, a  fine  acidulous  frame, a good  freshness  as  well  as  suavity/gravels. On the  palate  this  wine  expresses notes of cassis,  wild  strawberry  and small notes of small  juicy/crunchy  red  berries  associated  with  touches of  flowers,  crunchy/acidulous  blueberry,  fine touches  of  chocolate  as  well  as  hints  of  spices, cardamom  and  smoke/oak. Tannins are fine and…

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Château Montrose 2016 – Saint-Estèphe, Cru Classé

Château Montrose 2016 – Saint-Estèphe, Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, racy, delicate and offers power as well as a slightly tight and beautifully fine grain. It reveals notes of fleshy blackberry, ripe wild strawberry and small notes of liquorice, violet associated with touches of cherry, spices, toasted and hints of Sichuan pepper and a hint of vanilla (in the background). The palate is fruity, well-balanced, racy and offers a fine juiciness, a beautiful tension, a slightly acidulous frame, a beautiful minerality, delicacy as well as a beautiful silky matter. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy / juicy blackberry, fleshy raspberry / juicy and small notes of fleshy / juicy cassis associated with small touches of small red berries, with hints of graphite, flowers, racy minerality as well as hints of chocolate, liquorice and a hint of almond. Good length and persistence. There is a hint of hazelnut on the persistence. 

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Le Marquis de  Calon  Segur  2016  – Saint-Estèphe

Le Marquis de  Calon  Segur  2016  – Saint-Estèphe

The  nose  offers  power,  elegance, a fine concentration as  well  as  a  good structure. It  reveals  notes of  wild  blackberry,  raspberry  and more  slightly  crunchy  black cherry  associated  with  touches of Sichuan  pepper,  fleshy  Boysen  berry  and  hints  of  spices. The  palate  is  fruity, well-balanced  and  offers  a good  definition, a  beautiful  suavity,  gourmandize, a  small  unctuosity, a fine tension, a  beautiful  juiciness,  fullness  as  well  as an  acidulous  frame. On the  palate  this  wine  expresses notes of black cherry,  fleshy  blackberry  and more  slightly  wild  raspberry  associated  with  small  touches of tonka  bean, toasted  oak/grilled, caramelization  as  well  as  very  discreet  hints  of  vanilla. Tannins are fine and  elegant. Power on the finish/persistence.  

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Château  Capbern  2016 – Saint-Estèphe

Château  Capbern  2016 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is  aromatic, elegant, structured, racy and offers concentration as well as a fine intensity. It reveals notes of wild cassis, wild raspberry and more slightly pepper associated with small touches of wild red berries, black berries, violet/lily as well as discreet hints of liquorice, spices and an imperceptible hint of varietal. The palate is fruity, juicy, elegant, gourmande, structured and offers suavity, a good finesse as well as a small richness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of blackberry, crunchy cassis, crunchy cherry and more slightly crunchy/ripe wild strawberry associated with small touches of blackberry, chocolate, tonka bean, liquorice as well as discreet hints of toasted/vanilla. Tannins are fine and very finely dry. Good length.   

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Les Pagodes de Cos 2016 – Saint-Estèphe 

Les Pagodes de Cos 2016 – Saint-Estèphe 

The nose is racy and offers minerality, a small structure as well as concentration.  It reveals notes of cassis, wild blackberry and more slightly wild red fruits associated with fine touches of Cuben pepper, cocoa, toasted and toasted hazel nut. The palate is fruity, juicy, suave, well-balanced and offers a beautiful definition, fleshiness, a good structure, a good finesse of the grain, a beautiful freshness, a beautiful minerality, a beautiful guideline/energy as well as an acidulous frame. On the palate this wine expresses notes of crunchy/juicy cassis, juicy cherry and more slightly fleshy raspberry, fleshy/juicy blueberry associated with discreet hints of tonka bean, cardamom, flowers (in the background) as well as an imperceptible hint of hazel nut and tea (in the background). Tannins are fine and well-built. There is a very discreet hint of gray pepper on the finish.   

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Château Martin 2016 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Martin 2016 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose offers power. It reveals notes of blackberry and cassis associated with small notes of crushed strawberry, violet, pepper as well as discreet/imperceptible hints of racy minerality. The palate is fruity, suave, well-balanced, racy and offers a good definition as well as a fine mineral frame. On the palate this wine expresses notes of…

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Château Haut-Marbuzet - 2016 – Saint-Estèphe 

Château Haut-Marbuzet - 2016 – Saint-Estèphe 

The nose is elegant, fine, racy and offers a fine complexity as well as harmony. It reveals notes of blackberry, cassis and small notes of fleshy wild raspberry associated with delicate notes of violet, rose, zan as well as discreet hints of Sichuan pepper and spices. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, beautifully racy, silky and offers juiciness, a good…

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Domaine Fleuron de  Liot  2016 – Saint-Estèphe

Domaine Fleuron de  Liot  2016 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity, well-built, structured and racy. It reveals notes of blackberry, wild strawberry and small notes of cassis associated with small touches of liquorice, tonka bean and spices. The palate is fruity and offers minerality, a fine freshnes, juiciness, a mineral frame as well as a good structure. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/juicy blackberry, fleshy/juicy strawberry…

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