2020, Château La Conseillante, POMEROLBordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc. One of the wines of the vintage is the 2020 La Conseillante, a blend of 86% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Franc that wafts from the glass with inviting aromas of raspberries, red cherries and mulberries mingled with exotic spices, violets and rose petals. Medium to full bodied, satiny and vibrant, it's a beautifully elegant, sensual wine with a deep core of fruit framed by powdery tannins, concluding with a long,

12% merlot 7% petit verdot and 5% sangiovese

finishing long and pure

Despite its evident quality

It's a little tight right now but shows refined and elegant winemaking

beeswax and iodine

the sauvage and a whiff of smoke

It opens nicely in the glass

One of the Médoc's most powerful wines this year is the 2022 Ducru-Beaucaillou

This is juicy

The palate is fresh with crisp tannins

smooth and satisfying with a long life ahead

Irises and full blown roses