Chateau Lanessan, Haut-Medoc, France 2014 Carso a pleasant saline and black

a pleasant saline and black olive note surfacing towards the fresh finish

with notes of baked melon

Winemaking is moving away from 500-liter barrels to embrace larger foudre

The palate has an impressively rich

Chateau Lanessan, Haut-Medoc, France 2014 Carso a pleasant saline and blackThe 2014 Lanessan still offers that quite exuberant, high toned bouquet that I observed out of barrel: fleshy red cherry and strawberry fruit laced with a touch of orange blossom, maybe less floral than it showed back then. The palate is medium bodied with slightly dry, grainy tannin on the entry. It is balanced but just lacks the depth and substance that I was hoping it would gain during its barrel maturation. As such, I feel it will be an earlier