Château Larcis-Ducasse 2011 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé

The nose is very elegant, nicely subtle, racy and offers a nice texture as well as complexity. It reveals notes of blackberry, crushed blackcurrant and more slightly crushed small red fruits associated with touches of cornflowers, licorice, a sense of place (local biotop / Mediterranean barrier) as well as a delicate hint of tea. black. The palate is fruity, elegant, delicate, precise, all in subtlety (and lightness), all in freshness, balanced, racy and offers a delicate power, a nice finesse of the texture as well as a stretched / long side. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy blackberry, fleshy small blue fruits and more slightly tangy / blackberry raspberry associated with fine hints of tonka bean, nutmeg, licorice, with discreet hints of sense of place (biotop local) and an imperceptible hint of oak. Tannins are precise, elegant, structuring and offer delicacy. Good length and persistence (18 caudalies). The wine should be decanted between 6 and 8 hours.