Lassègue 2003 Saint-Émilion

Country: France

Province: Bordeaux

Region: Saint-Émilion

Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend

Winery: Lassègue

Points: 91

Taster: Joe Czerwinski

This wine’s black cherry and plum flavors veer dangerously toward prune—no doubt a product of the exceedingly hot summer. It’s creamy and supple in texture, adding just enough tobacco, vanilla and smoke for complexity. But for all the fruit and ripeness, it finishes with great elegance and precision. Drink now–2020. Imported by Acadia Imports.