Château Alcee Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2023

As ever with the Nicolas Thienpont wines, you feel the ambition and the skill. A ton of ageing capability, savoury, black cherry, redcurrant, pomegranate. This is sappy and tasty, feel the texture and the tension, majoring on red fruits. Vineyard spread across 2ha in Monbadon with an extra plot on plateau near Château d’Aiguilhe, plus a further plot in St Genès, all very much limestone dominant. In organic conversion.