2016 | Château Pédesclaux | Pauillac Carneros Hand-harvested fruit from the Pročno

Hand-harvested fruit from the Pročno vineyard which is rich in opoka (marl)

balanced by freshness and lightness

Some flint

Enjoy aromas and flavors of violets

hand-tilled in the late 1950s

2016 | Château Pédesclaux | Pauillac Carneros Hand-harvested fruit from the PročnoThis really shows the heart of 2016 in the northern Mdoc it has the triumvirate of good acidity, good tannins and good fruit. It's a little austere and is going to take its time to truly get going. A second bottle proved much better for depth, as we queried rusticity on the nose of the first bottle. The second instead showed a hawthorn, hedgerow character and gorgeously rich black fruits, concentrated and focused, and given complexity by tobacco and