Château Pichon Comtesse de Lalande 2018 is made from a classic Bordeaux blend with an emphasis on Cabernet Sauvignon

and precisely balanced with both intensity and finesse

and dark plums

plus a provocative waft of rose oil

Château Leoville Las-Cases 2emé Cru Classé, Saint-Julien, 2016, 75cl 18+ Château Pichon Comtesse de LalandeVery deep purple black colored, the 2016 Loville Las Cases (composed of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 11% Cabernet Franc) is quite closed to begin, yet with patient coaxing it unfurls beautifully to reveal suggestions of ripe blackcurrants, black raspberries, warm redcurrants and wild blueberries, followed by touches of unsmoked cigars, tilled red soil, cast iron pan, fallen leaves and lavender plus wonderfully fragrant wafts of lilacs and