Chateau Lanessan, Haut-Medoc, France 2014 Carso offering a balanced and complex

offering a balanced and complex expression of the Champagne terroir

cocoa powder

This leads to a quite plush palate that delivers sinewy tannin with cassis and blackberry flavors to close

with notes of baked melon

Chateau Lanessan, Haut-Medoc, France 2014 Carso offering a balanced and complexThe 2014 Lanessan still offers that quite exuberant, high toned bouquet that I observed out of barrel: fleshy red cherry and strawberry fruit laced with a touch of orange blossom, maybe less floral than it showed back then. The palate is medium bodied with slightly dry, grainy tannin on the entry. It is balanced but just lacks the depth and substance that I was hoping it would gain during its barrel maturation. As such, I feel it will be an earlier