La Clarté de Haut-Brion 2017 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is elegant, well-built and offers minerality as well as a crystalline side. It reveals notes of fleshy nectarine, ripe citrus and small notes of sweet grapefruit zest associated with fine touches of exotic fruits as well as hints of flowers and imperceptible hints of vanilla (in the background). The palate is fruity, mineral, balanced and offers an acidulous / juicy frame, a good definition, gourmandize, fat / suavity, roundness, a small fleshiness, finesse as well as tension / dynamism. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy nectarine, sweet citrus fruits (kumquat, lemon, grapefruit) and small notes of exotic fruits associated with discreet hints of white flowers (honeysuckle, lemon tree) as well as slight hints of minerality. racy and very discreet / imperceptible hints of vanilla (in the background). Good length.