Chateau Haut-Bages Liberal, Pauillac, France 2021 Domaine Henri Prudhon and cedar notes emerge from

and cedar notes emerge from the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Valley

fresh finish

5% alcohol and is volcanic and less reductive than in previous years

fresh and lively with depth of flavour

with more blue fruit surfacing with aeration

Chateau Haut-Bages Liberal, Pauillac, France 2021 Domaine Henri Prudhon and cedar notes emerge fromA Fifth Growth of Pauillac under the careful hand of Claire Villars Lurton, Chteau Haut Bages Libral draws on old vine Cabernet Sauvignon grown on the same gravel and limestone ridge as Latour and Pichon Lalande. The 2021 is classically built and savory, with cassis, graphite and fine, fresh tannins.