Cathiard Vineyard Napa Valley & Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan Wine Tasting with Special Guest Louise Comte Wednesday, May 13, 2026 7:30 PM
“Friday 10th April 1663… Here we drank a sort of French wine, called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with”.
Samuel Pepys - The first wine critic (February 1633 – May 1703)
We host a lot of Bordeaux wine tasting as this is one of the world’s most famous wine producing regions. Many of the prominent Chateau in Bordeaux have invested in land in Napa Valley over the last few decades. Opus One was the winery that sparked Bordelaise interest in Napa Valley and after Robert Mondavi and the Baron Philippe de Rothschild created one of the most successful wine brands in history it seemed everyone else who was anyone in Bordeaux wanted to get in on the action.
Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte is one of the best properties in Pessac Leognan and one of the most impressive Chateau in all of Bordeaux, so it was no surprise when they started looking for a vineyard and winery in Napa Valley. I will never forget my first visit to this famous Chateau at the UGC tasting in 2004. Daniel and Florence Cathiard could not have been more gracious hosts and both the white and the red wines at this property are amazing.
We hosted a tasting with our friend Lodovic from the Chateau in January of this year and I was surprised that they did not have plans to show these new wines on that evening but we talked after the event and said the next time we host an event we will include the new wines from the Cathiards Vineyards in Napa Valley.
When they found out that we were out for Premier Napa our friends at Cathiard Vineyards asked if our group wanted to have lunch at the winery. Although normally I do not eat lunch here at home (It’s not on the two bottle per day diet plan) but when I’m out of town sometimes I do make exception while in wine country.
We were very sad to hear of Daniel’s sudden passing earlier this year and surprised that Florence was hosting visitors at their new winery in Napa during premier week in February. The Cathiards purchased the old Floria Springs winery located on the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains in January of 2020. The afternoon reminded me of the hospitality I experienced when I first met the Cathiards in Bordeaux.
After breaking bread at Cathiard Vineyards in Napa our new friend Louise Comte East Coast Brand Manager for Smith Haut Lafitte & Cathiard Vineyard mentioned that she would be traveling to South Forida in May. Naturally I offered to return the hospitality and host that event featuring both the Bordeaux wines and the new venture from Napa Valley.
Join us as we welcome Louise to South Florida for an evening of Bordeaux and Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon blends. The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $250 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
Cathiard Vineyard Napa Valley & Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan
Wine Tasting with Special Guest Louise Comte
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
7:30 PM
2022 Smith Haut Lafitte White Pessac Leognan
2018 Le Petit Haut Lafitte Red Pessac Leognan
2018 Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
2016 Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
2015 Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
2014 Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
2021 Cathiard Vineyard Hora Napa
2021 Cathiard Vineyard Founding Brothers Napa
2020 Cathiard Vineyard Founding Brothers Napa
2021 Cathiard Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
Menu
Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie
Foie Gras Torchon with Sauternes Jelly and Whole Wheat Toast
Tuna Tartar with Avocado, Orange, Nori and Soy
Duck Confit with Current Demi Glaze and Truffle Parmesan Shoestring Fries
Canales De Bordeaux with Pineapple Run Sauce
The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $250 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463. Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.
A bit about Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte
Graves is unique among all the wine regions of the Medoc in that its producers make both red and white wines. When you talk to a wine collector about the wines of Bordeaux the conversation almost always goes toward the great red wines of this ancient and famous wine producing region. The top names from Bordeaux are purchased by collectors up to two years before they will receive the wines from their local wine merchant. Most of the white wines made in Bordeaux get very little attention or respect, however true Bordeaux aficionados know that the white wines of Graves or more specifically Pessac-Leognan are just as highly regarded as their reds and in many cases are even more expensive!
The Graves region is the closest one to the city of Bordeaux, it is a fairly large region stretching some 35 miles from the southern limits of the Medoc, round the west and southern outskirts of Bordeaux, past Langon, and almost to the limits of the Bordeaux region along the western bank of the Garonne to a depth of 10 to 15 miles. The INAO produced a classification of both red and white Graves in 1953, which was revised in 1959. It lists only thirteen red wines and eight white wines, but unlike the five-tier 1855 classification of the Haut Medoc, there is no distinction among them with the exception of Chateau Haut Brion, the only wine from Graves to be included in the 1855 classification and one of the great first growths of the Gironde.
Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte is located in a single block on a gravelly rise; 55 of the 72 hectares are planted with vines. The soil, consisting of gravel dating from the Gunz (or Nebraskan glacial) period, has two unique features. The first is superb natural drainage which forces the vine roots to sink more than six meters into the soil to seek nourishment in the form of water and mineral salts. The second is the "mirror effect", of the topsoil, whose pebbles reflect the sun's rays, helping the grapes to ripen beautifully.
The noble Bosq family started growing grapes here as early as 1365. The property was purchased in the 18th century by Scotsman George Smith, who gave the estate its present name. He also built the manor house and exported his – by now famous – wine to England on his own ships. Monsieur Duffour-Dubergier, Mayor of Bordeaux and an enthusiastic winegrower, inherited Château Smith Haut Lafitte from his mother in 1842 and brought the wine up to great growth status.
After holding a monopoly on the vineyard in terms of distribution for more than forty years, the Louis Eschenauer Company was impressed enough by Smith Haut Lafitte's excellent quality to buy the estate in 1958. Until 1968, only red wine was produced at Smith Haut Lafitte, Eschenauer added Sauvignon Blanc to the vineyards and brought the production up to around 2,500 cases, in addition to the 17,000 cases of red wine produced annually. Not only was the production increased at the estate during this period but there were many other improvements made to the property during the Eschenaueur period, including the construction of a superb underground cellar holding over 2,000 barrels.
In 1990, Daniel Cathiard fell in love with the property and joined the list of prestigious owners, firmly intending to further enhance Smith Haut Lafitte's tradition of excellence. He combined the most modern winemaking techniques and age-old traditional methods: organic compost, return to small wooden vats, ageing on the lees in barrel, etc.
Daniel Cathiard is perhaps best known as a former ski champion – he was a member of the French Olympic team with Jean-Claude Killy from 1965 to 1968. After his father's death in 1970, Daniel found himself running the family's small supermarket chain. Within 20 years, he had transformed it into the tenth largest mass distribution company in France. At the same time, he launched and developed a chain of sporting goods shops - Go Sport - in France, Belgium, Spain, and California.
His met his wife Florence while on the ski team in 1965. She worked with him managing Genty and Go Sport for ten years before launching her own advertising firm, later becoming Vice President of McCann Europe in 1985. In 1990, Daniel and Florence sold all their business interests to buy Château Smith Haut Lafitte. After two years of massive renovations of both the winery buildings and the 18th century manor house, they moved into the château. They live there all year round in order to devote themselves to their life's work – making great red and white wines at Smith Haut Lafitte.
All the wines from Cathiard Vineyard in the store on SALE!
2021 Cathiard Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
Price: $457.50 Sale $411.75
(99 Points) "The single-varietal 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate, from a section of the vineyard at 1,200 feet elevation and the oldest vines, is deep garnet-purple in color. It needs plenty of swirling to unlock slowly unfurling scents of blackcurrant jelly, ripe plums, and black cherries followed by hints of tar, licorice, black truffle, and lilacs plus fragrant suggestions of fertile loam and iris bulb. The full-bodied palate is super intense, with beautifully ripe grainy tannins and seamless freshness framing the densely laden black fruits, finishing long and perfumed. A breathtaking expression of the vintage and this beautiful little corner of Napa Valley! 8,000 bottles were made." 05/24 Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent
2021 Cathiard Vineyard Founding Brothers Napa
Price: $247.50 Sale $222.75
(98 Points) The 2021 Founding Brothers is the flagship red from Napa Valley's Cathiard Vineyard, crafted from 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc, all from vines aged 20-30 years and aged 18 months in mostly medium toast Transais French oak barrels. Exquisite red florals lead the way on this nicely aromatic red, nuanced by savoury wild herbs and pops of liquorice and earth. The palate fruit is on the velvety side, with a medium body feel, great freshness, and a deep vein of ironstone minerals that last through a minute-long finish. That fruit is wonderfully pure and expressive—evoking spiced plums, cherries, and pomegranate—with tannins that feel intricate and super-fine, all woven together nicely and creating a smooth expression throughout. Decanter, February 2024
2020 Cathiard Vineyard Founding Brothers Napa
Price: $247.50 Sale $222.75
(96 Points) This massively built wine wraps potent black fruit flavors and sophisticated spices in substantial tannins that will surely guide it to greater complexity and smoothness with time. Minerals, graphite, cloves, cedar and blackberries are layered inside a mouth filling texture. The blend is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Wine Enthusiast
2021 Cathiard Vineyard Hora Napa
Price: $123.00 Sale $104.55
(93 Points) "The 2021 Hora is composed of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 10% Malbec. Deep garnet-purple in color, it bursts with bold notes of blackberry preserves, juicy black cherries, and warm cassis with touches of candied violets, dark chocolate, and menthol. The full-bodied palate is rich and plush, with nice tension to offset the opulent fruit, finishing with impressive length." 05/24 Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent
All the wines from Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte on SALE!
2020 Chateau Smith-Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $235.50 Your Price: $211.95
(98 Points) Vivid dark purple in the glass, but a remarkable clarity too. Fragrant black cherries, plums, cassis and perfumed aromas with blueberries, balsamic touches and white pepper. Rich, round, grippy and captivating, slightly plush but also tight, where you get a soft chalky, wet stone grip with lively acidity balanced by strict and spiced liquorice-touched fruit. You feel the leanness here but it's so well defined with clarity and precision. A sleeping giant right now, definitely not yet fully expressing itself but slowly grows to a long finish. There's something so utterly seductive about this wine, it's overt, forward, upfront, confident and powerful no doubt, this will need a while before it should be opened, but it’s a shining thoroughbred. Refined and purposeful. There’s a bit of magic in this bottle. (GH) Decanter, Review Date: 01/2023
2019 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $195.00 Your Price: $175.50
(98 Points) Reminding me a little of the 2009, the 2019 Château Smith Haut Lafitte has a rich, powerful style in its cassis, blueberry, and black raspberry fruit as well as its chalky minerality, smoked earth, tobacco, and lead pencil shaving-like aromas and flavors. A blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot, this rich, unctuously textured beauty has terrific concentration, sweet tannins, and the vintage's hallmark elegance and finesse. One of the most concentrated, powerful wines in the vintage, it needs 4-5 years of bottle age (or a healthy decant) and will evolve for 30+ years if stored properly. Not enough can be said about what proprietors Daniel and Florence Cathiard, as well as winemaker Fabien Teitgen, continue to achieve at this estate. Jeb Dunnuck, Review Date: 04/2022
2018 Chateau Smith Laut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $205.50 Your Price: $184.95
(99 Points) One of the more notable successes in Pessac-Léognan is this 2018 thanks to its wonderful bouquet of red cherry, spring flowers, cedar and liquorice, graphite aromas and elegant earthy notes. With building tannins, a fresh, focused texture, and a great finish, it's not for those looking for instant gratification, and I suspect it will need a solid decade or more of cellaring, but it will evolve for 50 years or more. Decanter
2016 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $253.50 Your Price: $228.15 Quantity in Stock: 5
(98 Points) Composed of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot and matured in 60% new oak for 18 months, the 2016 Smith Haut Lafitte has a very deep garnet-purple color, opening with sensuous scents of warm black cherries, blackberry pie, star anise and fragrant lilacs with hints of chocolate box, cigar box and pencil lead plus wafts of truffles and crushed rocks. Medium to full-bodied, rich and seductive, it completely fills the palate with perfumed black berry preserves and superbly plush tannins, finishing epically long and beautifully layered.-Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2015 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $260.00 Your Price: $234.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(97 Points) This vintage is a blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, matured in 65% new oak barrels. Medium to deep garnet-purple, the 2015 Smith Haut Lafitte has a totally dazzling nose of exotic spices—star anise, fenugreek and Sichuan pepper—over a core of chocolate-covered cherries, wild blueberries, plum preserves, violets and earthy wafts of truffles, moss, tilled black soil and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced and packing a lot of flavor into a relatively modest package, it fills the mouth with spice and herb-laced black and blue fruit layers, supported by very ripe, very finely grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with epic length. This is already a show-stopping, heart-pounding beauty, but should also age incredibly! Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2014 Chateau Smith-Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan Magnum
Price: $389.00 Your Price: $350.10
2014 Chateau Smith-Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $175.00 Your Price: $157.50 Quantity in Stock: 1
(93 Points) The 2014 Smith-Haut-Lafitte has a fragrant mulberry and strawberry scented bouquet with cedar and subtle undergrowth scents emerging with time. There is something almost Musigny-like here (written as a complement incidentally—why not be compared to the greatest Burgundy Grand Cru?). The palate is medium-bodied with a soft and mellow opening. Quite spicy in the mouth with leather-tinged fruit on the open and inviting finish, there is something very approachable about this Smith-Haut-Lafitte, though like the 2014 Pape-Clement, it contains the substance to drink well over 10-15 years. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2012 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $165.00 Your Price: $148.50
(95 POINTS) The opaque bluish-purple 2012 Smith Haut Lafite offers up notes of licorice, graphite, blueberry and blackberry fruit, a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, stunningly ripe, velvety tannins and a long, long finish. This is another sensational effort from the Cathiards that is perfectly balanced, complex, super-rich and pure. Drink it over the next 20-25 years. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2010 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $348.00 Your Price: $313.20
(98 Points) This is an extraordinary performance once again from the Cathiard family, the proprietors of Smith-Haut-Lafitte. They think the 2010 is even better than the 2009. (I disagree, but only slightly.) This wine has laser-like definition in its an remarkable nose of a subtle charcoal fire interwoven with spring flowers, creme de cassis, blueberry liqueur and spicy wood. Full-bodied, stunningly concentrated, long, rich and moderately tannic, this wine is set for an exceptionally long life of 30-40 years but can be drunk in 5-7.
2009 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $496.50 Your Price: $446.85
(100 Points) The finest wine ever made by proprietors Daniel and Florence Cathiard, the 2009 Smith-Haut-Lafitte exhibits an opaque blue/purple color in addition to a glorious nose of acacia flowers, licorice, charcoal, blueberries, black raspberries, lead pencil shavings and incense. This massive, extraordinarily rich, unctuously textured wine may be the most concentrated effort produced to date, although the 2000, 2005 and 2010 are nearly as prodigious. A gorgeous expression of Pessac-Leognan with sweet tannin, emerging charm and delicacy, and considerable power, depth, richness and authority, it should age effortlessly for 30-40+ years. Bravo! Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
(94 Points) This is rich, but the balance of the wine is excellent, the wood very much underneath the smooth, opulent apricot and pear fruits. There is spice, which adds a fine piquancy to the texture. The finish is vivid, still young, needing at least five years to age. (RV) Wine Enthusiast, Review Date: 07/2009
2005 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac-Leognan
Price: $400.50 Your Price: $360.45
(98 Points) This sensational, opaque blue/purple-colored wine from Smith Haut Lafitte has a gorgeous floral nose with notes of graphite, blueberries, blackberries, and cassis that jump from the glass of this inky, very dense, yet strikingly pure wine. Light on its feet despite its stunning concentration and multi-layered mouthfeel, this wine has fabulous intensity, richness and length. Quite impressive, and still incredibly youthful, this is a superstar of the vintage, and capable of lasting another 25-30 years. (RP) Review Date: 06/2015 Wine Advocate
2000 Chateau Smith-Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $421.50 Your Price: $379.35
(95 Points) One can’t say enough about this winery, which may still fly under the radar of most consumers. The fully mature 2000 displays gorgeous aromas of camphor, lead pencil shavings, unsmoked tobacco, plums, and black currants. With full body, a velvety texture, and beautiful weight, richness, and length, this superb wine should evolve... It’s a beauty! (RP) Wine Advocate, Review Date: 06/2010
2023 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc Pessac Leognan
Price: $247.50 Your Price: $222.75
(98 Points) Checking in as 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Sauvignon Gris, and 5% Semillon, the 2023 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc is just gorgeous, offering white peach, honeyed orange, brioche, mint, and chalky minerality on the nose. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate and has bright acidity, a lively, elegant mouthfeel, and a great, salty finish that makes you salivate. Jeb Dunnuck
2022 Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc Pessac Leognan
Price: $271.50 Your Price: $244.35
(97 Points) This shimmers with a salted butter note that adds a flattering edge to its panoply of shortbread, singed almond, honeysuckle, lemon curd and creamed white peach flavors. Feels regal, with a long finish that deftly toes the balance between the toasted and fresh, unadorned sides of the spectrum. A rare dry white that can handle all four seasons as anything from a solo aperitif to a main course partner. Beautiful. Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Sauvignon Gris. Wine Spectator
2021 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc Pessac Leognan
Price: $240.00 Your Price: $216.00
(100 Points) Fresh, crisp but with intensity and ripe texture, this wine is the star of the white wines this vintage. It is tight, with minerality and acidity. Pink grapefruit, and a dynamic texture reveal its concentration. It will be a great wine from a great white wine vintage. Wine Enthusiast
2022 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac Leognan
Price: $55.50 Your Price: $49.95 Quantity in Stock: 3
(94 Points) Beautiful nose, blackcurrant, vanilla, caramel, chocolate, tobacco, cherries, crushed stones, blue fruit and bramble fruits. Sleek and straight, nice acidity, but this is quite linear with the Cabernet really giving the backbone, length and overall structure. Feels a bit tense, but it does have texture too so it’s not austere or harsh, just strong. Really well built, delivering power no doubt, but keeping a soft juiciness underneath. Very medicinal - clove, liquorice, unmistakable Cabernet speaking here, but feels clean and well worked. Nothing sticking out too much with body, plushness and cool freshness. Good potential, really impressively constructed. Decanter
2020 Le Petit Smith Haut Rouge Lafitte Pessac Leognan Magnum
Price: $120.00 Your Price: $108.00
2020 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $57.00 Your Price: $51.30 Quantity in Stock: 5
(96 Points) Dark blackcurrant on the nose, really speaking of the Cabernet Sauvignon with medicinal herbal touches too, mint, bramble and dark chocolate. Very gently chewy, such a subtle bounce to the palate with the ripe fruit coming through giving the density while the Cabernet Sauvignon gives the strength, the structure and the backbone. It expands outwards, penetrating the sides of the mouth but retaining a sense of refinement. It doesn't feel like it's been overworked, there's tension but nothing harsh. Structured and serious but also there's lots of life with great acidity and a mouthfilling crushed stone texture. Really delicious and I love the outward freshness. A lovely Petit in 2020 that will also age well. Serious but captivating. Ageing 14 months, 15-20% new oak. Decanter
2019 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $58.50 Your Price: $52.65
(93 Points) The more Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated second wine, the 2019 Le Petit Haut Lafitte is dense purple. with a promising bouquet of cassis, cedary spice, tobacco leaf, and background oak. It picks up some classic Graves scorched earth notes as it sits in the glass and is medium to full-bodied, has a concentrated, layered, balanced mouthfeel, and a great finish. A serious, impressive wine, it will benefit from 2-3 years of bottle age and drink brilliantly over the following 10-15. Best After 2024 Jeb Dunnuck
2018 Le Petit Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $57.50 Sale $51.75
Bought by the Cathiards in 1990 all organic and 1/2 of the wines are biodynamic 78 hectares, 11 are white and this is the second wine which is the young vines. They are the first winery to separate the CO2 and recycle it they have a unique process the cover the vat with a hat and then link it to a pipe and the CO2 looks like cocaine they use some of it in the fertilizers and they sell the rest to the cosmetic industry, they call this circular economy they also do all their own compost and they grow their own rootstock keeping the DNA of their own vines.
A blend of 60/40 Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from 25 year old vines or less. A nice amount of ripe currant and plum fruit with notes of coffee and some gravelly earth, notes of coco/mocha and more coming out as the wine opens. A delicious wine very forward and precocious with fine tannins and that cigar box spice with fresh minerality showing through the finish. Finish 40+ Excellent
2016 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $55.50 Your Price: $49.95
(93 Points) The 2016 Le Petit Haut Lafitte is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot matured in 20% new oak. It has a well-defined bouquet with mulberry, cranberry, pressed flowers and a touch of undergrowth; it is neatly defined though not powerful, but it does demonstrare commendable precision. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp and firm tannin, quite tensile and energetic (more so than the Les Hauts de Smith) with impressive structure and length on the almost Pauillac-like, graphite infused finish. Do not ignore this little gem from Château Smith Haut-Lafitte, because it always punches above its weight. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2015 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge Pessac Leognan
Price: $66.00 Your Price: $59.40
(90 Points) Composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot coming from the younger vines of Smith Haut Lafitte, the 2015 Le Petit Haut Lafitte sports a medium garnet-purple color and an alluring crushed red currants, black cherries and spice box-laced nose with touches of cloves and lavender. Medium to full-bodied with wonderful generosity and plenty of spice, the open-for-business flavors are well-supported by plush tannins, and it finishes with a peppery lift. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2018 Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc Pessac Leognan
Price: $60.00 Your Price: $54.00 Quantity in Stock: 3
(90-92 Points) The 2018 Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc is made up of 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Sémillon, aging in 50% new barriques. It delivers pronounced notes of green guava, mango and fresh grapefruit with hints of lime zest and orange blossom. Medium-bodied, the palate offers very good tension with a light bit of phenolic grip and wonderful vibrancy of tropical and citrus layers, finishing chalky. Wine Advocate, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, April 23, 2019
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