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Buy Online94/100 Georgina Hindle, Decanter, January 2023 (2020 Vintage)
"Floral scents, chocolate, Turkish Delight and raspberries – smells lovely. Clean and clear, a lovely tangy intensity on the first sip, excellent acidity gives the life and energy straight away then it becomes slightly strict, an element of the frame restricting some of the fruit, but there's gorgeous clarity here – a clean, chalky salinity with wet stones, liquorice and graphite alongside bitter black chocolate that is so appealing. Refined, straight, polished and easy. A gourmet wine, approachable and yet still sophisticated. Ageing 14 months, 15-20% new oak."
92-94/100 Antonio Galloni, Vinous (2020 Vintage)
"The 2020 Les Hauts de Smith is superb. Bright acids and vibrant tannins play off a core of ripe red cherry/plum fruit. More than anything else, I am struck by the vibrancy here. Les Hauts bristles with tension from start to finish. Rose petal, cinnamon and cedar linger on the perfumed finish. This Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon blend is impressive."
92/100 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, March 2023 (2020 Vintage)
"The Merlot-dominated 2020 Les Hauts De Smith (there's 40% Cabernet Sauvignon) is a beauty offering classic Graves-like aromas of gravelly earth, smoked tobacco, and woodsmoke as well as plenty of ripe, perfumed red and black fruits. This medium to full-bodied, plush, sexy Pessac-Léognan is perfect for drinking over the coming decade."
91/100 Neal Martin, vinous.com, December 2022 (2020 Vintage)
"The 2020 Les Hauts de Smith has a perfumed bouquet with predominantly red berry fruit interlaced with rose petal and iris flower, well-defined with undergrowth scents that emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with taut, edgy tannins, fresh and quite saline with a brisk, quite minerally finish. This is a delightful, tensile Pessac-Léognan that will age well over the next 15 years."
