CHÂTEAU LESPAULT-MARTILLAC PESSAC-LEOGNAN GRAND VIN DE GRAVES BORDEAUX ROUGE

This shows some ripe blackcurrants, blueberries, nut shells, chocolate and crushed stones. Sleek and juicy with medium body and fine, chewy tannins. Lingering ripe berries on the palate with a firm finish. Tight now. Cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Best after 2025.

Lots of redcurrants, darker berry fruits, sandalwood, sappy tobacco, and spicy oak notes emerge from the 2019 Château Lespault-Martillac, a wonderfully elegant, medium-bodied, seamless Pessac that shows the style of the vintage beautifully. It’s approachable today but has another 15+ years of prime drinking. Best After 2022

91, Wine Spectator

Lively, with a brambly streak amid red currant and loganberry fruit flavors, while light sanguine and singed cedar notes check in on the finish. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2029. 2,500 cases made.

91, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2019 Lespault-Martillac comes roaring out of the glass with a decadently spicy nose of cloves, cinnamon toast and cumin seed with a core of warm blackberries, boysenberries and black raspberries plus a waft of pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, the palate has bags of juicy black fruit and a soft texture, finishing refreshing and with a peppery kick.
Barrel Sample: (89-91)+