Le Petit Haut Laffitte 2017 – Pessac-Leognan

The nose is aromatic, slightly tight and offers a fine complexity as well as a fine power. It reveals notes of fleshy/ripe wild strawberry, wild raspberry and blackberry associated with touches of racy minerality (gravels/Graves), cocoa, roasted oak as well as fine hints of cardamom, almond and very fine touches of Cuben pepper (in the background). The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced and offers a beautiful fat, a beautiful freshness, fullness, a beautiful freshness, a beautiful mineral frame as well as a beautiful structure. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/crunchy strawberry, crunchy raspberry and touches of fresh blackberry associated with fine notes of roasted almond, chocolate/tonka bean as well as subtle touches of toasted oak/caramelized. Tannins are structuring.