Connétable Talbot 2017 – Saint-Julien

The nose is aromatic, fine and offers a fine concentration as well as a beautiful grain. It reveals notes of cassis, blackberry, cornflowers / flowers, fleshy strawberry and fleshy raspberry combined with discreet touches of liquorice, spices, colas and a very discreet touch of gray pepper. The palate is fruity, mineral, well-balanced, racy, precise, slightly tight and offers a fine juiciness, a good definition, freshness as well as suavity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy cassis, ripe red berries and small notes of ripe / crushed redcurrant associated with fine touches of ripe wild raspberry, racy minerality, flowers (cornflower, lily), racy minerality as well as discreet touches of liquorice, sweet spices and dark chocolate on the finish / persistence. Tannins are fine. Good length.