Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Rouge 2018 PURYEARSALE Benoît Stehly has steered Domaine

Benoît Stehly has steered Domaine Georges Lignier with meticulous care

The palate is crisp and balanced

While most Champagne houses rely heavily on reserves to ensure consistency year after year

Floral on the nose with pepper notes and citrus with a light touch of cinnamon on the tongue

though it really wants a few more years

Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Rouge 2018 PURYEARSALE Benoît Stehly has steered DomaineOne of Graves' great chteaux, with vines planted on the region's famous deep gravels. Carbonnieux Rouge is Cabernet Sauvignon led, classically Pessac in profile fine tannins, freshness, integrated oak, and what we'd call luxury without weight. 2018 in Pessac Lognan was a powerful, structured vintage: this is the denser, more brooding face of Carbonnieux, with dark fruit, gravel, and a real spine of Cabernet. Notably, the chteau itself recommends