2019, Chateau Lagrange, POMEROLIve criticised many previous vintages of this Pomerol, but the 2019 Lagrange gives notice of improvements afoot. Now in bottle, it has a very pleasant and quite concentrated bouquet of black cherries, raspberry coulis and light truffle scents laced with blood orange. The palate is medium bodied with quite a velvety entry and a ripe, slightly confit, spicy finish. A surprisingly plush and well defined Lagrange that has lived up to its promise and is

the Bibi Graetz 2019 Testamatta is a wine in constant evolution

35% Cabernet Sauvignon

Tobacco and touches of shucked oyster shell surface with air

nicely weighted with lovely finesse and concentration to the fruit - blackcurrant

fruity with a lot of substance and a slight sweetness

The rich density of the blue and black fruits are set against slate and grippy tannins

opening gradually to reveal flinty scents that underly the brambly red fruit

The 2019 Pensées de Lafleur is composed and focused on the nose

well executed

91 Jane Anson

and the power and focus breaks through

Reminds me of the 1978