Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 'Lacoste-Borie', Pauillac, France 2016 Domaine Meyer-Fonne the 2010 Smith Haut Lafitte

the 2010 Smith Haut Lafitte delivers notes of baked plums

Just a hint of sweet fruit and wet earth

and pomegranate with smoky

following through to a full body with layers of fine tannins and a beautiful finish

Very structured and right with finely toned tannins that are tight

Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 'Lacoste-Borie', Pauillac, France 2016 Domaine Meyer-Fonne the 2010 Smith Haut LafitteThe 2016 Lacoste Borie is a blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, cropped at 50 hectoliters per hectare. It has a clean and precise bouquet, not as complex as some of its peers, yet with thoroughly enjoyable raspberry and blackcurrant leaf tinged with cedar. The palate is medium bodied with grippy, slightly dry tannin on the entry, hints of dark chocolate interlacing the black fruit with a touch of cracked black pepper on