Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Rouge 2018 SPCALIFORNIA Grenache Blanc

Grenache Blanc

it delivers red fruit depth with subtle notes of leather and tobacco

Carignane and Alicante Bouschet planted right alongside and picked together

it's lighter than many Italian amari

Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Rouge 2018 SPCALIFORNIA Grenache BlancOne of Graves' great chteaux, with vines planted on the region's famous deep gravels. Carbonnieux Rouge is Cabernet Sauvignon led, classically Pessac in profile fine tannins, freshness, integrated oak, and what we'd call luxury without weight. 2018 in Pessac Lognan was a powerful, structured vintage: this is the denser, more brooding face of Carbonnieux, with dark fruit, gravel, and a real spine of Cabernet. Notably, the chteau itself recommends