Ripe black cherries, currants, savory spice, and leather are just some of the nuances in the 2020 Chateau La Louviere, a medium-bodied, balanced, complex, incredibly charming Pessac-Leognan. It already offers pleasure if you don't mind tannins, but it's going to benefit from 3-4 years of bottle age and drink brilliantly over the following decade or more. It's a beautiful wine.

Fresh black berry fruit, graphite, fresh earth and tobacco leaves on the nose. It's medium-bodied with firm, creamy tannins. Mineral and chalky at the end.

The 2020 La Louviere has turned out well in bottle, exhibiting aromas of cherries, blackcurrants, petals and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, supple and vibrant, with fine concentration, polished tannins and good length on the finish, this is a strong effort that will reward some bottle age. Recent vintages suggest that this is an estate on the rise.

Owned by Jacques Lurton, the wine from this estate promises great richness and fine tannins as it develops. While it has serious tannins and power the wine also promises some finely textured black fruits. It will certainly age well.