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Les Hauts de Smith 2020

Original price £453.00 - Original price £453.00
Original price
£453.00
£453.00 - £453.00
Current price £453.00
Bottle price:
£18.87
Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Sub-region:
Pessac-Léognan
Vintage:
2020
ABV:
14.5%
Score:
90, William Kelley
Availability:
21 in stock, ready to be shipped
Case Size: 24 Half Bottles 24x37.5cl

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Tasting notes

William Kelley, Wine Advocate, April 2023 90

Revealing aromas of plums, cherries and burning embers, the 2020 Les Hauts de Smith is medium to full-bodied, fleshy and vibrant, with a sweet core of fruit framed by powdery structuring tannins. As usual, this Merlot-dominant bottling offers charming drinking on release. 2023 - 2035.

Neal Martin, vinous.com, December 2022 91

The 2020 Les Hauts de Smith has a perfumed bouquet with predominantly red berry fruit interlaced with rose petal and iris flower, well-defined with undergrowth scents that emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with taut, edgy tannins, fresh and quite saline with a brisk, quite minerally finish. This is a delightful, tensile Pessac-Léognan that will age well over the next 15 years. 2024-2038

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, May 2023 93

A fine and crisp young red with lots of redcurrants, mulberries, and orange peel. Medium body. Very fine tannins. Lively and delicious already. Better in a year or two.

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, March 2023 92

The Merlot-dominated 2020 Les Hauts De Smith (there's 40% Cabernet Sauvignon) is a beauty offering classic Graves-like aromas of gravelly earth, smoked tobacco, and woodsmoke as well as plenty of ripe, perfumed red and black fruits. This medium to full-bodied, plush, sexy Pessac-Léognan is perfect for drinking over the coming decade.

Georgina Hindle, Decanter.com, January 2023 94

Floral scents, chocolate, Turkish Delight and raspberries - smells lovely. Clean and clear, a lovely tangy intensity on the first sip, excellent acidity gives the life and energy straight away then it becomes slightly strict, an element of the frame restricting some of the fruit, but there's gorgeous clarity here - a clean, chalky salinity with wet stones, liquorice and graphite alongside bitter black chocolate that is so appealing. Refined, straight, polished and easy. A gourmet wine, approachable and yet still sophisticated. Ageing 14 months, 15-20% new oak.

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