2016 Château Saint-Pierre, St Julien, Bordeaux

Lovely lifted Cassis note on the nose.  Blackcurrant fruit with a gentle leafy edge, pure and precise.  The palate has a depth of concentrated Blackcurrant (small berry) and plum fruit, rich and yet lifted.  Smoky, graphite notes lay quietly in the background. Full and rounded but the fine and ripe tannins, so typical of the finest 2016’s, create a linear feel, a lovely textural matter to them, gripping the palate and holding the fruit leading to a long length.  Everything is finely placed producing a deliciously compact wine.  This has all the components to age very well indeed.