Château Le Thil Comte Clary 2018

James Suckling

18 Jan, 2021 – Beautiful, sweet berries and meat with purple-fruit and inky aromas, following through to a full-bodied palate with super fine, linear tannins that go deep and long at the finish. Some black licorice and violets at the end. Try after 2024.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

VertdeVin

The nose is fruity, well-built and offers freshness, a fine complexity, an aromatic purity and a racy minerality. It reveals notes of ripe blackberry, ripe cherry, small notes of violet associated with touches of pulpy cassis as well as fine hints of rose, liquorice stick, very fine hints of graphite and a subtle hint of incense. The palate is fresh, fruity, well-balanced, squared and offers a good definition, precision, juiciness and a fine straightness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/fleshy blackberry, cassis, small notes of violet associated with touches of crunchy raspberry as well as small hints of cherry, cherry blossom, very fine hints of chocolate/cocoa, fine hints of caramelization and graphite/racy. A persistence on notes of chocolate and an imperceptible hint of toasted/brioche.

Wine Enthusiast

Obvious wood aging gives this wine a smoky character. At the same time, black-currant fruits are developing and promising a richly textured wine in the future. The wine, under the same winemaking team as Château Smith Haut Lafitte, is likely to be ready from 2024.