"Clean and fresh, with blackberry, sweet tobacco and spices on the nose. Full-bodied, with supersilky tannins, a pretty texture and black licorice, spice and filtered coffee character. Racy. Best after 2014." 93 points - Wine Spectator, March 31, 2008
"Good dark red. Subdued but complex nose offers raspberry, currant and smoked meat. Rich, plump and sweet but with a firm acid backbone and solid underlying minerality giving shape to this rather large-scaled and mouthfilling wine. Finishes broad and long, with suave tannins. This should gain in focus with eight to ten years in bottle." 91 points - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, May/Jun 08
"Made in the elegant style typical of the Moueix offerings, this dark plum/ruby-tinged effort displays an attractive bouquet of kirsch, sandalwood, mocha, and caramelized fruit. It is medium to full-bodied with upfront, soft, plush fruit, and ripe tannin. Give it 2-4 years of bottle age, and consume it over the following 15 or more. As I said last year, it reminds me of a more modern version of their 1970, albeit somewhat less concentrated." 90 points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate #176 (April 2008)
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