Château Smith Haut Lafitte 2019 – Pessac-Léognan, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fresh, complex, elegant and offers a nice grain, a nice maturity as well as a certain creamy side. It reveals notes of boysenberry, creamy cassis and pulpy strawberry associated with tangy/ crushed raspberry as well as hint of cornflower, lily, saline gravels and discreet tips. of pepper. The palate is pulpy, balanced, elegant, well-structured and offers freshness, gourmandize, a nice definition, an acidic frame, minerality, restraint, a nice volume / roundness, a tense side as well as creaminess all in balance. A nice power structure but all in control and restraint. On the palate this wine expresses notes of crushed blackberry, pulpy / juicy / fresh plum and more slightly raspberry associated with touches of fleshy strawberry, chocolate, toasted almond, toast as well as fine hint of star anise, pepper with discreet hints of caramelization in the background and an imperceptible hint of violet. Tannins are elegant, heady and racy. Beautiful work on the bitterness. Presence of a subtle hint of good bitterness of cocoa / toast on the persistence.