A touch of garnet starting to show on the rim. There is some herbal and tobacco notes along with red currant, cedar...

Has that dark fruited, thumping fruit reminiscent of Ste-Estephe. Somber, rich tannins but not heavy in the least....

A Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc in a solar vintage; the wine is not, however, jammy, it receives the same plant nuances...

The nose of candied fruit accents ad friendly Medoc, obviously fed by the generous nature of 2009. Full-bodied, but...