LACOSTE BORIE du Château Grand Puy Lacoste Pauillac 2018 vs VIRÉ-CLESSÉ Les Raspillères Domaine Frantz Chagnoleau 2022
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| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £36.95 | £36.95 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Style | Other | Other |
| Grape | Merlot, Cab Franc, Cab Sauv | Chardonnay |
| ABV | 14.5% | 13% |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
LACOSTE BORIE du Château Grand Puy Lacoste Pauillac 2018
The 2018 Lacoste-Borie was picked September 21 to October 5 at 44hl/ha. It has a pleasant bouquet of blackberry, iodine and violet aromas, perhaps needing just a little more delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with a graphite-tinged entry. Supple and quite approachable, this is well-balanced with good acidity and some oakiness on the finish, though this is more likely due to racking several days previous to my visit. Fine, though it will hopefully flesh out a little by bottling time.
VIRÉ-CLESSÉ Les Raspillères Domaine Frantz Chagnoleau 2022
The 2022 Viré-Clessé Les Raspillères comes from more limestone soils for the appellation, aged in demi-muids (500-litres) for 12 months with a couple of months in vat. This has wonderful purity on the nose, yellow fruit, a touch of peach skin, but more white fruit emerge with time in the glass. The palate is very well balanced with sour lemon and orange rind on the entry, good extract and weight with another sapid finish that urges you back for more. Superb.
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