2016 | Château Pédesclaux | Pauillac Carneros balanced by freshness and lightness

balanced by freshness and lightness

even in this giving vintage

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

and pineapple

2016 | Château Pédesclaux | Pauillac Carneros balanced by freshness and lightnessThis 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