Jamessuckling.com | JS 96
Published: Mar 3, 2022

This is very beautiful with pure blackcurrant and rose-petal aromas, together with wet earth and black truffle, following through to a medium-to full-bodied palate with ultra-fine tannins that coat the mouth and deliver a fantastic impression. The complexity of flavor is so satisfying in the finish. Try after 2026. 

Decanter | D 94
Published: Jam 5, 2022
Drink: 2024-2040

Heady red cherries on the nose, deep and seductive. Great energy here, this is pulsing with life, good roundness but also a cooling element - touches of chewy blue fruits, mint, graphite, pencil lead and minerality all of which give texture and nuance. Round and plump in texture and mouthfeel but really well defined and linear with straight talking fruit. Great drive to a crystalline finish. Gorgeous. A blend of 72.8% Merlot, 16.3% Cabernet Franc and 10.9% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 15.00%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 16.3% Cabernet Franc 10.9% Cabernet Sauvignon 72.8% Merlot

The Wine Advocate | RP 91
Published: Apr 7, 2022
Drink: 2025-2045

Aromas of rich, plummy fruit, loamy soil, cigar wrapper and toasty oak preface the 2019 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, a medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy wine with fine depth at the core, succulent acids and powdery tannins. Ample and enveloping, it'smore demonstrative than its counterpart, La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion from across the street.