Description
Château Lapelletrie Saint-Émilion Grand Cru red 2018. NEW vintage.
10% Cabernet Franc, and balance is Merlot. From the high limestone plateau above the village of Saint-Émilion.
The new vintage of Lapelletrie absolutely smashes it out of the park and is pretty much as close to perfection as a young wine can get. The aromatics jump out of the glass: powerful and pure, that earthy old school claret note again, graphite, oak, dark and intense blackberry, blueberry, and cassis, while the palate is gorgeously suave, juicy and elegant, mouth-filling but clean and finely textured. At the medium end of full-bodied but utterly satisfying to drink. An incredibly vivacious young wine with a long life ahead of it.
Drink now to 2035+.