Bordeaux Supérieur

Utopie de Château Saincrit 2019

Bordeaux Supérieur

The nose is fruity and offers some power. There are notes of warm blackcurrant, black berries and, more slightly, Cuben pepper, combined with hints of violet plum and a fine touch of violet, red berries and spices. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, acidity, gourmandise, a very fine creaminess, precision and a certain purity of fruit. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of fairly ripe blackcurrant, morello cherry and, more slightly, ripe blueberry, combined with a touch of crushed/cooked strawberry, as well as fine hints of liquorice, vanilla and a subtle hint of cinnamon. The tannins are sapid. Good length.

Score : 15.25+/20 (90-91/100)

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Bordeaux Supérieur

The nose is fruity, fresh, racy and offers power as well as a fine restraint. There are notes of wild black berries, wild strawberries and a hint of violets combined with a touch of balsamic and a fine touch of graphite and black pepper. The palate is fruity, relatively tight at present and offers minerality, freshness, fine richness and concentration. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy blackcurrant, pulpy raspberry and, more slightly, violet combined with hints of balsamic, crushed violet plum as well as fine cinnamon, sweet spice and a touch of dark chocolate. The tannins are mellow.

Score : 14.75+/20 (89/100)

Château Roquefort – Roca Forte 2019

Bordeaux Supérieur

The nose is tightly wound and offers power as well as intensity. There are notes of wild blackberry, ripe wild berry and, more slightly, black pepper with hints of crushed wild berries, a fine touch of liquorice, iris and a subtle hint of bergamot and a very discreet almost sappy edge. The palate is fruity and offers freshness, energy and tension. On the palate this wine expresses juicy/pulpy blackberry, crunchy/fresh blackcurrant and, more slightly, fresh/juicy black plum notes combined with hints of crushed raspberry, fairly ripe berries (even a hint of over-ripeness) as well as fine hints of star anise, chocolate and a subtle tea note. The tannins are fine, tightly wound and mellow.

Score : 15.25+/20 (90-91/100)

Château Roquefort 2019

Bordeaux

The nose is fruity with fine power and fine grain. There are notes of black cherry, boysenberry and, more slightly, of violet combined with delicate touches of cardamom, camphor, racy minerality as well as fine graphite, sense of place and a discreet hint of pepper. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, minerality, good definition, a certain amount of tension, gourmandise, some fatness, suavity and an acidic backbone. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of black cherry/ cherry, pulpy blackberry and, to a lesser extent, violet, combined with hints of red berries, graphite, racy minerality, as well as fine hints of dark chocolate, pulpy raspberry, caramelisation and toastiness. The tannins are precise, racy and supple. A fine chewiness on the finish.

Score : 15.25+/20 (90-91/100)

Château Saincrit – Fougue 2019

Bordeaux Supérieur

The wine benefits from being decanted. There are notes of boysenberry, cooked blackcurrant and, more slightly, ripe red berries combined with fine touches of liquorice and a discreet hint of blond tobacco and a subtle touch of clove. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, a certain gourmandise, crunchiness, richness of fruit, a certain straightness as well as a finely tightened tannic structure. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of crisp Morello cherry, bright blackcurrant and, to a lesser extent, fairly ripe raspberry, combined with fine touches of lily, nutmeg, fine hints of star anise and a subtle hint of chocolate and toasted/caramelised flavours. The tannins are discreetly marked. Good length.

Score : 15/20 (89-90/100)

Domaine du Bouscat – Cuvée La Gargone 2019

Bordeaux Supérieur

The nose is elegant, fruity and offers delicacy in its fruit as well as a nice maturity of the fruit. There are notes of crushed blackberry, pulpy blackcurrant and, more slightly, morello cherry, combined with fine touches of violet, red berries confiture, hints of star anise, cardamom and a subtle touch of camphor, black tea and grey pepper. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, minerality, freshness, good definition, gourmandise, unctuousness, a melodious side, harmony, a nice tannic structure, some tension, brilliance (of the fruit) as well as a nice ripeness (which