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Tasting notes
Score 89/100 · Drink 2020-2028, Neal Martin, Feb 2020

The 2017 L’Hêtre, the newest property from Jacques Thienpont and Fiona Morrison, offers red summer fruit on the nose, punnets of strawberry on a hot July day mixed with rose petals. The palate is medium-bodied with supple fleshy tannins. It is not a complex Côtes de Castillon and it needs a little more delineation on the finish, but it has an easygoing charm that will make it delicious to drink over several years.

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Critic scores
89
89/100

Neal Martin

About the producer

L'Hêtre
L’Hetre

Jacques Thienpont – owner of one of Bordeaux’s most celebrated estates, Le Pin – fell in love with the view from L’Hêtre when he first visited the property. He purchased the Côtes de Castillon estate, which offers a brilliant introduction to the Thienpont stable at an affordable pricepoint.

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Grape Blend

Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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