The 2014 La Garde is located in Martillac next to the new vineyard that is now part of Les Carmes Haut-Brion (Guilhaume Poutier used to be winemaker at current proprietor Dourthe). It has a very pleasant bouquet with brambly black fruit intermingling with wilted rose petals and a touch of wild mint. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin, plenty of cedar-infused black fruit, exerting quite a tight grip in the mouth and that touch of mint returning just on the finish. Enjoy this over the next four or five years, possibly longer.