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..Redcurrant, cherry and smoke on the nose; conveys a stronger impression of soil than the Mazoyeres. Powerful but tightly wrapped, with dense, sappy flavors of small, wild red fruits. Solidly structured and built to age...
...a broad, super-ripe, lush, and mouth-coating wine. Abundant candied cherries and blackberries can be found in this soft, supple, exquisitely long and pure offering. In its highly detailed finish, notes of strawberries and violets...
...lovely complexity, slightly more pronounced structure with tannins that have a slightly dusty texture in the mouth. There is also slightly more buffering sap and the same elegant balance. A lovely effort offering good intensity...
...with plenty of clean, pure and crisp fruit, veering toward black cherries and kirsch, and offering smoke, tar and mocha complexity to boot. Firmly structured, with tough tannins that should soften with age. Best from 2003 through 2008.