Château Montrose 2012 – Saint-Estèphe, Grand Cru Classé

Château Montrose 2012 – Saint-Estèphe, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, fine, elegant, racy, complex and slightly gourmand. It reveals notes of blackberry and fine notes of cassis associated with discreet notes of strawberry, minerality, a fine salinity, a fine hint if cassis bud as well as a discreet hint of mocha and black tea. The palate is fruity, fresh, delicious, racy,…

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Château Montrose 2008 – Saint-Estèphe, Grand Cru Classé

Château Montrose 2008 – Saint-Estèphe, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, fine, powerful and offers a certain richness (precisely balanced). It reveals notes of black berries and blackberry combined with discreet hints of rose, mocha as well as a hint of grilled oak and a slight hint of graphite. The palate is fruity, mineral, elegant, beautifully gourmande and offers a good definition,…

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Château Lafon Rochet 2012 – Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Lafon Rochet 2012 – Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic, elegant and offers a certain intensity. It reveals notes of redcurrant, small berries / wild berries and fine notes of blackberry combined with slight touches of dark chocolate / cocoa, discreet hints of toasted oak, undergrowth, slight notes of vanilla as well as slight hints of Cuben pepper and licorice stick….

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Château Cos d’Estournel 2014 – Saint-Estèphe, 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Cos d’Estournel 2014 – Saint-Estèphe, 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic, elegant and fine. It reveals notes of Boysenberry, blueberry and cherry cream combined with slight notes of cassis cream, toasted oak (delicate), tobacco, licorice, nutmeg as well as a hint of cloves and spices. The mouth is fruity, nicely built, elegant, racy, aerial, quite supple and offers a beautiful acid frame,…

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Château Cos d’Estournel 2012 – Saint-Estèphe, 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Cos d’Estournel 2012 – Saint-Estèphe, 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic, elegant and quite pure. It reveals notes of undergrowth, tobacco and slight notes of mocha, liquorice associated with hints of crushed blackberry, cassis, slight notes of wood as well as a discreet hint of flower and Sichuan pepper. The mouth is fruity, round, ample and offers fat, a nice minerality, opulence,…

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Château Cos d’Estournel 2008 – Saint-Estèphe, 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Cos d’Estournel 2008 – Saint-Estèphe, 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic and quite intense. It reveals notes of small wild berries, cassis, blackberry and flowers (violet, blueberry tip) combined with hints of graphite, incense, slight hints of licorice, nutmeg as well as a hint of spices, curcumin and a few discreet woody touches. The wine need to be decanted (carafe). There is…

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Château Lafon Rochet 2014 – Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Lafon Rochet 2014 – Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, elegant, racy, fine and powerful. It reveals notes of redcurrant, racy minerality and a touch of blackberry, graphite combined with a touch of black cherry / wild berries, slight spicy notes as well as a touch of Cuben pepper and a discreet hint of licorice. The mouth is fruity, fluid, silky,…

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Château Meyney 2011 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Meyney 2011 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity, aromatic, elegant and charming / velvety. It reveals notes of racy minerality, graphite and slight notes of blackberry, cassis associated with hints of redcurrants crushed raspberry, as well as hints of wood, tobacco, cedar and a hint of spices. The mouth is fruity, fresh, gourmand, quite straight, beautifully gourmande and offers…

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Chateau Lilian Ladouys 2012 – Saint-Estephe – Cru Bourgeois

Chateau Lilian Ladouys 2012 – Saint-Estephe – Cru Bourgeois

The nose is aromatic. The wine needs to be decanted (carafe). It reveals notes of undergrowth, blackberry and slight notes of cassis, truffle associated to hints of toasted oak, spices, a hint of Sichuan pepper as well as a very discreet hint of flowers, zan and clove. The palate is fruity, fine, sleek, slightly powerful,…

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Chateau Lilian Ladouys 2014 – Saint-Estephe – Cru Bourgeois

Chateau Lilian Ladouys 2014 – Saint-Estephe – Cru Bourgeois

The nose is aromatic, relatively elegant and slightly powerful. It reveals notes of blackberries, fresh strawberry and slight notes of undergrowth, clove associated to slight touch of iodine minerality as well as hints of Sichuan pepper and dark chocolate. The wine needs to be decanted (carafe). The palate is elegant, a bit juicy, slightly gourmand…

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