La Chapelle de La Mission 2024

Sweet and creamy rose-petal scents on the nose, floral and nicely perfumed with plenty of red cherry. Succulent and streamlined, with a delicate core of juicy strawberry fruit and a creamy undertone. Finishes saline with bite and some toasted nuts as well as tobacco and liquorice. Tannins are a touch chewy, bringing density and flesh to the palate, with a direct line of acidity that keeps things lifted and focused. Unfussy, pure and easy to drink. pH 3.67. 4.9% press.

Tobacco, mint, cassis, and cranberry pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is bright, crisp, and chewy, with a piquant edge to the fruits on the finish. The wine blends 56.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29.2% Merlot, and 14.5% Cabernet Franc, 12.9% ABV. 3.67 pH. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 pts

Lovely fruity, gourmand nose with a certain airy creaminess, elegance, a touch of graphene and an ethereal character. It reveals notes of Boysenberry, concentrated blackcurrant and, more lightly, crushed Gariguette strawberry, combined with hints of licorice, saline gravel accents, fine hints of cornflower and chocolate. The palate is nicely guided, sapid, iodine-tinged, offering indulgence, fine definition, a tangy backbone, accuracy, a slight tension, suppleness and minerality. On the palate this wine expresses notes of creamy raspberry, graphene and, more lightly, juicy/fresh blackcurrant, combined with touches of fresh lilac and nutmeg, as well as fine hints of cardamom and cocoa. Good length and fine definition. A subtle sappy and toasted note in the background.