Distinctly purple aromas of blackberry, violet and menthol. Silky on entry, then considerably subtler and suaver than the Chateau des Ducs, with lovely finesse of texture and superb building fruit.
...rich, generous and impressively refined flavors that possess superb depth of extract that buffers the firm tannins on the structured, powerful and hugely long, indeed explosive finish.
...displays sweetly-ripe, high-toned cherry, a luscious, juicy, fruit-filled palate impression, and the most vivid and sweet finishing fruit...
Sweet, candied, floral notes on the nose. Really quite intense. Fresh, direct, still relatively simple fruit.