Clarte Haut Brion Vintage:2020 This too is wonderfully complex

This too is wonderfully complex with its layered aromas of black cherry

an approach I have increasingly come to appreciate in an era where so many producers are constantly in pitch mode

and then greeted again before I leave

The bouquet is broad and wide-sweeping with a healthy succession of red berry

full-bodied and quite serious broad-shouldered flavors also possess first-rate mid-palate concentration along with evident minerality on the driving and powerful if less refined finish

Clarte Haut Brion Vintage:2020 This too is wonderfully complexThe 2016 Clart Haut Brion Blanc has an open knit bouquet of orange blossom, lemon curd and light nutty aromas, hints of candle wax emerging with time. The palate is well balanced with a lightly spiced opening. Theres plenty of grilled walnut and smoke here, and something almost white Rioja like toward the finish and I mean that as a complement. This has just gained a little complexity in recent months. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.