Château Grand Mayne 2024

Savoury herbal and dried floral scents on the nose. Fruit-forward and lively, this has a lovely sense of ease. The fruit subsides a little from the mid-palate, tapering to reveal more salty, stony, liquorice notes and subtle toasted edges, but it starts so well with precision and focus. Charming in a quiet way. Will be good to re-taste after bottling.

Quite floral in nature, the wine is medium-bodied, with a fresh, fruity character allowing you to experience all the cherries, plums, licorice, chocolate, and vibrancy, just about on release. The finish is focused, clean, elegant, and fresh. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2044. 92-94 Pts

A clean nose, like a gentleman fresh from his toilette. Notes of cedar and bitter orange peel lead the aromatic dance, followed by morello cherry and wild strawberry. Tangy and energetic, the palate remains indulgent with succulent, crunchy black fruit and rising acidity, before a long, mouthwatering finish. [ideally replace with details from the château tasting]

The nose is fruity, with notes of fresh spices, harmony, a touch of subtle power, fine intensity and very delicate peppery hints. It reveals notes of Boysenberry, crushed strawberry, and, more lightly, blueberry, with touches of bigarreau cherry and a hint of lilac. The palate is fruity, fresh, and mineral, offering a fresh backbone, a slight glycerol feel, fine roundness, suppleness, and smoothness. On the palate, this wine shows notes of bright blackcurrant, vivid purple plum, and, more lightly, cornflower, with touches of small red berries, as well as fine hints of lilac, tobacco, and a smoky note. Good length. A delicate touch of tonka bean in the background. A fine chew on the finish/persistence.

Light incense and grilled sandalwood toast, this is carefully handling the vintage, giving a gourmet twist with softly spoken grilled caramel alongside raspberry fruits. Harvest 25 September to 10 October. 40% new oak, Jean-Antoine Nony owner, Derenoncourt Consultant as of this vintage. An estate with historically high toast on the barrels, they are actively reducing that, and putting a portion in 5,000l oak casks.

A beautiful dark, intense red. A lovely, moderately intense nose with ripe, suave fruit. Precise on the attack, very aromatic through the mid-palate, the wine glides across the palate, elegantly structured, long, pleasant and very good. A Burgundian inspiration. Blend: 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc. Alcohol by volume: 13.5%. Yield: 30 hl/ha. Production: 45,000 bottles.