Château Lafleur-Gazin 2023 – Pomerol

A lovely, precise, fresh, racy, chiseled nose with a certain power at the same time. It expresses notes of spices, small dense/fresh black fruits, violet and more slightly – warm gravel associated with fine almost iodized hints and blond tobacco. The palate is nicely juicy, fruity and offers minerality, delicacy, a tangy frame, accuracy. It expresses notes of juicy/pulpy blackberry, fleshy/juicy blackcurrant and more slightly – creaminess, associated with touches of lily, chocolate, toast, as well as hints of Bourbon vanilla, chocolate and a subtle hint of toasted hazelnut. The tannins are soft, sapid and gourmet. Nice definition. Nice softness in the middle of the palate, superb freshness, all in accuracy, roundness and volume. Bright, fleshy fruit with a subtle hint of good bitterness on the finish/persistence.