Château La Garde
Pessac-Léognan 2023
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£93.00
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| Style: Red | Drink from: 2030 |
| ABV: % | Drink to: 2040 |
| Packaging: OWC | Stock arriving: Spring 2026 |
Critic scores
90-92 NM, 90-93 AG, 92-93 JS
Critic reviews
"The 2023 La Garde has a lifted bouquet that is nicely defined, with plenty of blackberry and bilberry fruit and subtle loamy scents percolating through. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, good body and ample structure, but it delivers more fruit than some of its peers. La Garde has been an improving estate in recent years, and this is another fine wine to add to that roster."
Neal Martin, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The 2023 La Garde is the first wine made in the new cellar, part of a strategy that includes a focus on Cabernet Sauvignon on blocks planted on gravel, and a reduction of the Grand Vin by 50%. Deep and imposing in feel, the 2023 offers up a mélange of dark-toned fruit, leather, incense, licorice and scorched earth. The tannins are a bit imposing at this stage."
Antonio Galloni, April 2024, Vinous.com
"Solid and structured with good volume and length, showing notes of dark fruit and walnuts. Medium-bodied with compact, velvety tannins. The finish is firm and even."
James Suckling, April 2024, James Suckling.com
Neal Martin, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The 2023 La Garde is the first wine made in the new cellar, part of a strategy that includes a focus on Cabernet Sauvignon on blocks planted on gravel, and a reduction of the Grand Vin by 50%. Deep and imposing in feel, the 2023 offers up a mélange of dark-toned fruit, leather, incense, licorice and scorched earth. The tannins are a bit imposing at this stage."
Antonio Galloni, April 2024, Vinous.com
"Solid and structured with good volume and length, showing notes of dark fruit and walnuts. Medium-bodied with compact, velvety tannins. The finish is firm and even."
James Suckling, April 2024, James Suckling.com
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