2021, Château Pontet-Canet, PAUILLAC, 5ème Grand Cru ClasséBordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot Alfred Tesseron has been making constant improvements here since the early 1990s and Pontet Canet is now one of the leading names of the Mdoc. The vineyard has been organic and biodynamic for 10 years and is worked by horses. Bright berry red in colour, nuanced blackberry and loganberry with bitter black chocolate notes from the first attack. Lovely precision, good level of

then rests for six months in concrete tanks before being bottled

showing red berry fruit character

extravagantly floral finish

touches of graphite and pressed flowers

plummy fruit mingled with exotic spices and smoky

The texture is softly-brushed velvet

rose petals and violets

the 2022 Pichon-Longueville Baron bursts with aromas of crème de cassis

this is already promising to be easy to drink

The medium-bodied palate is surprisingly graceful for the intensity of aromas

licorice and incense announces this decidedly brooding Pomerol

this is an intense and concentrated La Mission