Château Fleur Cardinale St Emilion Grand Cru Grand Cru Classé 2015

Creamy and smooth in texture, with fleshy damson fruit delivering confident seductive black cherry and cassis flavours that place it squarely in the more powerful side of St Emilion, while benefitting from the north-facing slopes of much of the vineyard in terms of underlying freshness and juice. It’s a brilliantly balanced wine that can age but would make an impression already if you give it a good few hours in a carafe. Consultants Jean-Philippe Fort and Jean-Luc Thunevin.