Saint Estèphe

The 2014 Tronquoy-Lalande has a more elegant, refined bouquet compared to its peers, a mixture of red and black fruit, cedar, iodine and violets, perhaps picked a little later? The palate is medium-bodied with a ferrous...(read more)

Very deep to black colour. Immediately lovely, spicy black fruit, perfect balance, deep and cool and long. Chewy cherry-skin finish. Likely to be great value - buy in magnums for parties.

33% Merlot, 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot. Nose of warm ripe berry fruit. On palate pure ripe rasberries and a silky suave feel. Taut acidity. Good juicy style - relatively simply and attractively balanced and...(read more)

Sweet attack, surprising by its richness. Quite a 'plain' red and black fruit profile, but good. Simple but well done, and nicely long.