...boasts stunning power and a vertical, imposing sense of structure that is quite rare in this vintage. Dark and almost brooding... Smoke, tobacco, incense & dark spices... a magnificent showing and one of the clear highlights of the year.
...gorgeous in all facets, offering a simultaneously loamy & creamy mouthfeel, seamless layers of red & black currant, cherry, raspberry & blackberry fruit, & a long, tobacco-fueled finish... fruit & terroir shine... broad, deep, defined...
With a wonderful 45% blending of fragrant Cabernet Franc, this is a sumptuous, perfumed wine. It's rich with a velvet texture that hides the dark tannins while bringing out the rich plum flavors... dense texture balanced by fresh acidity...
Finest of fine tannins but they go deep, as does the fruit. It is not leafy but there that classic Cabernet Franc fresh aroma... There's some grip but fine friction. Elegant, long; energy underneath a relatively gentle-seeming exterior.