Château de Braude 2024 – Haut-Médoc

The nose is expressive, minty, sappy, (needles, pine sap, fresh pine bark). We also find notes of liquorice, nutmeg, fresh and toasted wood, fresh hazelnut, a fragrant floral bouquet (violet, lily, peony), black fruits (morello cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant), bigarreau cherry, raspberry, redcurrant, cocoa nibs. The palate is chiseled and tangy, on fresh fruits (bigarreau cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant, morello cherry), then fresh mint, pine needles and bark, liquorice, nutmeg, fresh hazelnut, fresh wood, roasted fruit on the gourmet finish, violet, lily, peony. Beautiful acidity and persistence, gourmand. Fine texture of well-structured tannins, hint of chocolate on the persistence.