Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 'Lacoste-Borie', Pauillac, France 2016 Bodega Balbo Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerona

Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerona are an Italian couple from Piedmont

fan-like array of fine but sturdy tannins that carry very fresh and upbeat into the finish

This is a woody

It is properly firm with tannins although this structure is well balanced with the ripe

Good for pairing with beef and poultry

Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 'Lacoste-Borie', Pauillac, France 2016 Bodega Balbo Massimo Marchiori and Antonella GeronaThe 2016 Lacoste Borie is a blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, cropped at 50 hectoliters per hectare. It has a clean and precise bouquet, not as complex as some of its peers, yet with thoroughly enjoyable raspberry and blackcurrant leaf tinged with cedar. The palate is medium bodied with grippy, slightly dry tannin on the entry, hints of dark chocolate interlacing the black fruit with a touch of cracked black pepper on