Château Grivière 2019 – Médoc Cru Bourgeois

The nose is fresh and a little tight. The wine benefits from decanting. There are notes of juicy/crunchy red berries, fresh raspberry and slightly crushed blackberry combined with fine touches of liquorice, chocolate and subtle hints of almost crushed red fruit, racy minerality and a subtle hint of fresh spice. The palate is fruity and reveals juiciness, freshness, minerality, good definition, a little tension and accuracy. On the palate this wine expresses juicy/pulpy blackberry, juicy/pulpy raspberry and more slightly crunchy red berry notes combined with a touch of fresh lilac, peony as well as fine liquorice and a discreet hint of toastiness. The tannins are finely chewy. A hint of varietal in the background.