Les Hauts de Smith 2020

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.

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

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.

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.