Very successful wine from a difficult vintage, drinking very well right now, dry but supple and well-balanced, with nice aromatic complexity (well-judged oak, creamy fruit, spices, coffee); cool finish, okay length.
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Yields of 32 hl/ha, 14 months on oak, 10% Cabernet Franc, 50% Cabernet-Sauvignon vin de presse, 40% young vine Merlot. On the first day rather light and dry, much better on the second day. Oaky, fleshy, blackcurrant fruit, spices and tobacco, a successful second wine in a tough vintage.
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1/26/2005 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 88 Points
Very successful wine from a difficult vintage, drinking very well right now, dry but supple and well-balanced, with nice aromatic complexity (well-judged oak, creamy fruit, spices, coffee); cool finish, okay length.
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6/11/2002 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 88 Points
Yields of 32 hl/ha, 14 months on oak, 10% Cabernet Franc, 50% Cabernet-Sauvignon vin de presse, 40% young vine Merlot. On the first day rather light and dry, much better on the second day. Oaky, fleshy, blackcurrant fruit, spices and tobacco, a successful second wine in a tough vintage.
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