2022, Château Sainte-Marie, AOC POMEROL

High aromatics of cloves, charred caramel and sweet blackcurrant pastille alongside brambled bilberries and loganberries. There are generous fruits, tempered by fennel and liquorice root. Exuberant, with appellation signature. 30% new oak, 40% one year barrels, 30% amphora. 89 Jane Anson.
Close to Ch. Lafleur. Juicy and structured with ripe tannins and a roundness and freshness. Medium body. Fine tannins at the end. 92-93 James Suckling.