2020 Chateau Haut de la Becade Pauillac
Château Haut de la Bécade is a family-owned estate that has been making wine for several generations. This is a “sleeper” that is perfectly placed within 2 miles of the top Chateaux in Pauillac including: Latour, Mouton-Rothschild, Pichon-Baron, Lynch-Bages, Pontet-Canet, and Pichon Lalande de Comtesse.
"Lovely cassis and gravelly stone. Dark violet in color expressing a youthful hue. The medium acidity reflects its ability to continue to age with a backbone. This medium to full-bodied wine shows good clay and mineral-granite character along the length of the palate; while being encased in red currant and violet essence. This wine will continue to improve over the next 10 years."
Decanter
Beautiful nose of blackberries, black cherries, cloves, black pepper, and a little dark chocolate. The wine has a compelling intensity of bramble fruits on the palate, energetic, and mouth filling, with elegance and finesse. Juicy, long finish.