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Saturday, March 15, 2014 - Only a glass drunk. Colour impenetrable red/black. Perfumed bouquet, better on bouquet than palate at this early stage. I could happily sniff this for hours. Notes of blackberry, bramble, blueberry, leather saddle, tobacco leaf, Provençal herbs, with a hint of violets. Merlot/Cabernet Franc 50/50, but no plum or other typical Merlot aromas detected. On palate, quite austere, very primary and closed, so very hard to assess at this early stage. Bright and fresh with prominent acids. Not much more than medium weight but with real concentration and power on the mid palate. Flavours tending red berried: raspberries, red cherries and cranberries, some soil. Fine grained tannins but a little hard and drying on the finish. A lot of elements to integrate over the next 10+ years. I was slightly underwhelmed, as compared with say the 2010 Pontet-Canet. Probably unfair to score this young, but 93.

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