Pomerol Vieux Chateau Certan
99–100 Deep colour. Lovely violet, camomile, dark plum, blackberry fruits with touches of graphite. Underlying roasted chestnut/hazelnut notes. Richly flavoured musky plum, strawberry roasted chestnut/vanilla flavours, with panforte, touch wax polish notes, supple chalky loose-knit tannins and underlying cedar notes. Finishes velvety and saline/minerally. Utterly seductive wine with everything in perfect balance. 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.4% alc La Fleur Petrus 98–99 Deep crimson colour. Intense blackberry, black cherry, dark plum, praline touch minerally aromas. Richly concentrated and chocolaty wine with abundant blackberry pastille, raspberry fruits, superb slinky tannins, integrated roasted chestnut notes and fresh quartz acidity. Wonderful wine. 96.5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 0.5% Petit Verdot. Lafleur 98–99 Deep crimson colour. Intense chinotto, panforte, liquorice, aniseed, dark cherry aromas with roasted chestnut hint marzipan notes. Richly concentrated chinotto panforte, liquorice flavours, roasted chestnut, roasted almond notes and fine loose-knit graphite, touch flinty tannins. Super density and mineral length. Saline acidity. 51% Bouchet (Cabernet Franc) 49% Merlot. 14.5% alc l’Evangile 97–98 Deep crimson colour. Beautiful dark plum, blackberry pastille, panforte, wonderfully concentrated and classical wine with plush musky plum, Parma violet, blackberry pastille fruits, panforte, tossed almond, roasted hazelnut notes, chocolaty firm, bittersweet tannins and superb long quartz acidity. Superb mineral length. 82% Merlot, 17.5% Cabernet Franc, 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. La Conseillante 97–98 Deep crimson colour. Intense camomile, roasted chestnut almond, musky plum, dark cherry aromas. Lovely pure dark plum, blackberry pastille fruits, fine velvetine/al dente tannins, inky density and plentiful roasted almond notes. Supple and sweet with fine silky plume. Precision. Beautiful wine. 87% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc. 14% alc
Bordeaux 2022
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