Château la Croix de  Pe z 2016 – Saint-Estèphe 

Château la Croix de  Pe z 2016 – Saint-Estèphe 

The nose is fruity and offers a fine power. It reveals notes of cassis, small wild berries and more slighly wild strawberry associated with discreet hints of spices. The palate is fruity, mineral, well-built and offers a fine freshness, suavity, fat, a good definition, gourmandize, a beautiful material as well as a mineral frame. On the palate…

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Château  Tronquoy-Lalande 2016 – Saint-Estèphe 

Château  Tronquoy-Lalande 2016 – Saint-Estèphe 

The nose is aromatic, elegant, racy and offers a fine power/complexity. It reveals notes of cassis, wild raspberry and small notes of blackberry, small wild red berries associated with touches of liquorice/zan, spices as well as a very discreet hint of Cuben pepper (in the background). The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a good definition, a good mineral frame, a fine…

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Château Meyney 2016 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Meyney 2016 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is elegant, racy, beautifully defined, beautifully elegant, harmonious and offers power (well managed). It reveals notes of wild blackberry, ripe cassis and small notes of wild raspberry associated with touches of licorice stick, warm gravels (terroir) as well as slight hints of nutmeg, spices and vanilla. The palate is fruity, racy, well-balanced and offers a beautiful elegance, finesse, tension, suavity, a small fleshiness, a beautiful silkiness as well as a beautiful finesse of the structure. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, fleshy raspberry and small notes of cassis associated with touches of licorice, blueberry, racy minerality / warm gravels, hints of tonka bean, toasted as well as very discreet hints of coffee and hazelnut. Tannins are structuring. There is a very discreet hint of almond on the persistence. 

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La Dame de Montrose 2016 – Saint-Estèphe

La Dame de Montrose 2016 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a fine richness/intensity. This wine should be decanted. It reveals notes of wild blackberry, wild strawberry and small notes of cassis associated with touches of violet, Sichuan pepper, graphite as well as hints of mocha and cardamom. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, juicy and offers a good definition, a fine acidulous frame, tension as well as a good structure. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy Boysen berry, fleshy raspberry and more slightly small red berries/fleshy cherry associated with touches of liquorice, hints of flowers, toasted/vanilla as well as a hint of mocha (in the background) and a very discreet hint of cardamom. The persistence is gourmand and offers hints of chocolate, caramelization as well as a very discreet almost saline hint on the persistence. 

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Prieur de Meyney 2016 – Saint-Estèphe

Prieur de Meyney 2016 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity and offers a very fine concentration/power. It reveals notes of fleshy blackberry, crushed strawberry and more slightly toasted associated with touches of tonka bean, tea as well as very discreet hints of Cuben pepper (in the background). The palate is fruity, mineral, juicy, well-balanced and offers an acidulous frame, a fine freshness as well as a very fine tension. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, fleshy cassis and more slightly small red berries associated with a hint of cherry as well as fine hints of toasted, chocolate, liquorice as well as a discreet hint of tea. Good length. There is a very discreet hint of almond, coffee and liquorice on the persistence. 

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Château Martin 2015 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Martin 2015 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity and offers a small concentration. It reveals notes of blackberry, cassis and hints of toasted oak combined with subtle / subtle hints of red fruits, spices and a subtle touch of nutmeg and vanilla. The mouth is fresh, juicy and offers a fine minerality as well as a fine acid frame…

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Domaine Fleuron de Liot 2015 – Saint-Estèphe

Domaine Fleuron de Liot 2015 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity and offers a slight juiciness as well as a small power. It reveals notes of ripe cherry, ripe redcurrant and slight notes of blackberry associated with a hint of small berries, gravels / earth as well as slight touches of liquorice and an imperceptible hint of flowers. The palate is fruity,…

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Château Lafon-Rochet 2009 – Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Cru Classé

Château Lafon-Rochet 2009 – Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, aromatic, elegant and slightly concentrated. It reveals notes of crushed cassis, blackberry and slight notes of redcurrant, wild strawberry combined with touches of earth (gravel/terroir), fresh strawberry and subtle touches of cuben pepper and spices. The palate is fruity, fresh, well-balanced, racy and offers a beautiful mineral frame, fat, a slight…

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Château L’Argilus du Roi 2015 – Saint-Estèphe – Cru Bourgeois

The nose reveals a slight intensity. It reveals notes of cassis, fresh raspberry and slight notes of small berries associated with subtle hints of spices as well as a very discreet touch of gray pepper. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers juiciness, a slight straightness, an acid frame as well as minerality. On the…

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Château Lafon-Rochet 2015 – Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Cru Classé

Château Lafon-Rochet 2015 – Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, powerful, racy, structured and quite captivating. It reveals notes of blackberry, terroir and slight notes of blackberry, strawberry, ripe redcurrant associated with hints of ripe black fruit, licorice / licorice stick, chocolate, caramelized oak as well as an imperceptible hint of pepper and cinnamon. The palate is fruity, well balanced, gourmande…

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