Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Rouge 2019 070226ROBUST This is his richer

This is his richer

finely textured Sparkling wines with Precision

melted tannins

This 2019 comes from seventeen organically managed plots scattered across Rioja Alta villages including Villalba

just outside Macon

Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Rouge 2019 070226ROBUST This is his richerOne of Graves' great chteaux, with vines planted on the region's famous deep gravels. Carbonnieux Rouge is Cab Sauv led, classically Pessac in profile fine tannins, freshness, integrated oak, and what we'd call luxury without weight. Where the 2018 is dense and powerful, the 2019 is the more classical, balanced sibling of that vintage pair: ripe but lifted, with seamless tannins, fresher aromatics, and a long, elegant finish. The chteau itself