Château Pierrail – Réserve du Château 2020 – Bordeaux Supérieur

The nose is fruity, fresh and offers a certain density/richness of the fruit on the pulpiness as well as a nice brightness and purity of the fruit. It reveals notes of pulpy/bright cassis, black blackberry and small notes of small juicy roasted fruits associated with touches of cardamom, licorice stick, morello cherry as well as a discreet hint of plum blossom and star anise/iris. The palate offers juiciness, a nice minerality, intensity, a small infusion/darkness side (but in elegance), precision, a beautiful energy as well as a nice frank, fine, powerful and airy grain. The attack offers superb freshness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of morello cherry, juicy/pulpy blackberry and small notes of quite ripe/bright small fruits associated with a touch of roasted fruit, star anise, discreet hints of racy minerality as well as a subtle sappy and toasty hint. Tannins are frank and offer a small chew. The finish is easy to drink and sapid.