Château Haut Coteau 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Haut Coteau 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fine-grained and complex. There are notes of ripe blackcurrant, grey pepper and slightly crushed raspberry combined with delicate touches of flowers and a subtle hint of cola. The palate is tightly wound and offers freshness, fat and a fine acidic frame. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy raspberry, fleshy…

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Château Graves de Pez 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Graves de Pez 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose offers notes of crushed strawberry, wild raspberry and more slightly vanilla essence combined with fine hints of liquorice and a very discreet hint of sweet blond tobacco. The palate offers freshness, juiciness, minerality and good definition. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy raspberry, pulpy/juicy red berries and more slightly of…

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Château Domeyne 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Domeyne 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is worth decanting. There are notes of fresh leather, spices and, to a lesser extent, strawberry, combined with delicate touches of lily and zan. The palate offers juiciness, freshness, minerality and an acidic structure. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of raspberry, violet and slightly rose, combined with a touch of red…

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Château Clauzet 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Clauzet 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is concentrated. There are notes of wild blackcurrant, violet and slightly camphor combined with subtle hints of clove, a discreet hint of raspberry, toast and a very discreet hint of roast. The palate is fruity and offers minerality, good definition, harmony and a certain juiciness of the fruit. On the palate, this wine…

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Château Meyney 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Meyney 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity, fresh and offers good definition, power, fine grain and intensity. There are notes of pulpy redcurrants, fresh/juicy wild strawberries and slightly crunchy black berries combined with fine hints of violets, saline/iodine gravel as well as fine points of blond tobacco and a subtle almost cumin-like edge. The palate is fruity and…

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Prieur de Meyney 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Prieur de Meyney 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose reveals notes of spices and more slightly pulpy blackberry combined with fine varietal touches, fleshy strawberry as well as fine hints of liquorice, toast and caramelisation. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, minerality, tension, a hint of iodine and good work on the bitter taste. On the palate this wine expresses notes…

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Château Beau-Site Haut-Vignoble 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Beau-Site Haut-Vignoble 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is racy, with minerality, fine grain, some delicate power and a fine straightness of approach. There are notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, violet and more slightly racy minerality combined with hints of graphite, crunchy currants and hints of camphor, lily and vanilla. The palate is fresh, nicely conducted and offers gourmandise, roundness, fine unctuousness…

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Château La Croix St Estèphe 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château La Croix St Estèphe 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity, precise and offers some stretch. There are notes of raspberry, fleshy cherry and more slightly racy minerality combined with fine, almost saline, hints of blackcurrant and a discreet hint of liquorice/colas. The palate is fresh, mineral, balanced and offers a mineral/rooty backbone, a nice salinity as well as a stretched side….

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Château Tour Saint-Fort 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château Tour Saint-Fort 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is fruity and offers concentration as well as a fine power. There are notes of concentrated wild blackcurrant, pulpy blackberry and, more slightly, crushed red berries combined with touches of fresh lilac, violet and a fine touch of acidulous candy and a discreet hint of liquorice. The palate is mineral, balanced and offers…

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Château La Croix de Pez 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

Château La Croix de Pez 2019 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose offers notes of vanillin/cinnamon, spices, crushed strawberry and slightly blackcurrant with hints of star anise. The palate is fresh, balanced and offers juiciness, freshness, good definition and some tension. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of blackcurrant, blueberry and, to a lesser extent, pistil and lily, combined with touches of tart red…

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