Château de Portets 2017 – Graves

The nose is fruity and offers fleshiness, juiciness, a beautiful freshness as well as gourmandize. It reveals notes of ripe lemon and ripe vine peach associated with small notes of crushed nectarine, ripe mandarin, exotic fruits as well as touches of minerality, a very discreet hint of verbena, flowers and lemon tree flower. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, quite ample and offers gourmandize, a small suavity, a fine acidulous frame, a beautiful minerality, freshness, a good structure, as well as a small tension. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/juicy vine peach, ripe/juicy lemon and small notes of ripe/sugared mandarine associated with touches of ripe pear as well as hints of exotic fruits and discreet hints of flowers/verbena. Good length.