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Chateau Larcis Ducasse, Saint-Emilion, 1er Grand Classe B 2018
Expert tasting note: (2018 vintage)
"The wine has a vibrant medium ruby-red color. The aromas have a medium intensity of very attractive juicy, ripe, red-cherry fruit. The wine is of mid weight & the tannic structure is velvety smooth. Fresh acidity lifts the ripe, red-fruit flavors, giving a long clean, juicy finish." - 03/23 DCAMW
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux (97/100)
I would count this as the vintage where the wider world sat up and took notice of what has been happening at Larcis Ducasse. It’s poised, controlled, knitted down in its blackcurrant and bilberry fruits, but you feel the energy that flows through it, along with espresso, liquorice, black tea, and tons of fresh acidities that root it in the clay-limestone slopes. Owned by Famille Gratiot-Attmane, but with the Nicolas Thienpont team overseeing winemaking. I loved it En Primeur and it has only got better since.
