Château Destieux 2011 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fresh and offers fruit. It reveals notes of licorice, fairly ripe wild strawberries and more slightly of fairly ripe blackberry associated with touches of dried violet, candied small black fruits, spices as well as a discreet hint of undergrowth and of black pepper. The palate is fruity, balanced, finely tight and offers juiciness, suavity, a tangy frame, good definition, freshness as well as some tension. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of fairly ripe blackberry, small fairly ripe small black currants and more slightly of fairly ripe raspberry associated with touches of cocoa, spices, cardamom, with a subtle hint of licorice, tobacco, as well. than a very discreet hint of caramelization and toasted hazelnuts. Tannins are racy. Good length. Presence of a fine bitterness and a truffle breast on the finish.