2017 Hauts de Smith Pessac Leognan

The Hauts de Smith is composed of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon.

This wine boasts a medium to deep garnet-purple color and bold expressions of redcurrants, blackberries, and cassis. With hints of spice, dried roses, and violets, the palate offers a fantastic core of densely packed fruits and ripe, rounded tannins. A long, perfumed finish adds to its appeal.

With three 97-point scores, the 2017 Hauts de Smith wine has been praised by almost every major critic who’s tasted it. Wine Advocate adored its “fantastic core of densely packed red and black fruits,” and Vinous’ Antonio Galloni called it “flat-out gorgeous and very clearly one of the wines of the year.”