2024, Château Talbot, SAINT-JULIEN, 4ème Grand Cru ClasséLast year EP $80. 00 Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot. 4th Growth. A very well known chteau throughout the world. Stephane Derenoncourt consults here. Jean Michel Laporte (formerly of La Conseillante) is now in charge and he is certainly upping the quality. The 2024 Talbot is an attractive, understated Saint Julien. Sweet pipe tobacco, cedar, mint, mocha, dried herbs and incense lend notable aromatic presence. Let's see what

almost pastille-like

compelx and balanced

The 2021 Othello

Traditionally the finest wine of the Médoc after the first growths

It's also quite direct

The 2021 Blanchot was difficult to taste at first

It's beautifully balanced with a long finish

not the room”

his parcel of 1

the 2020 Saint-Pierre bursts with baked blackberries

it will need at least a few years to start coming into its own

fun and joyful with a salty tang underneath