2018 Confidence de Prieure Lichine
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This is gourmet and round, softened tannins at four years old, and can easily begin to be drunk. Not showing huge concentration, majoring instead of smoked caramel and slightly high alcohols that plump out the fruit. Silky texture, enjoyable, with appellation signature. 39hl/h yield. No new oak. Stéphane Derenoncourt consultant.
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James Suckling
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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A very classic-styled red with wet earth, mushrooms and dark fruit. Medium to full body, lightly chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. Well done.
Darkly spiced fruit on the attack, appealing spice box, liquorice and cigar, along with brambled fruits. The finish is a little abrupt as the tannins bite in.
Aromas of plum, pomegranate, rose-hip, graphite and vanilla. It’s medium- to full-bodied with firm, fine-grained tannins. Layered and elegant. Second wine of Prieure-Lichine. Try from 2024.
About the producer
After 50 years under the direction of the Lichine family, this leading Margaux estate entered a new chapter in 1999 when négociant Ballande took the reins, continuing the property’s previous upward trajectory.