This is fabulous, with loads of ripe and concentrated berry, spicy fruit. Full and very rich. Velvety tannins. 40 percent Merlot, 35 percent Petit Verdot and 25 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. 90-93 points, James Suckling for The Wine Spectator, Online March 25, 2010.
Another exclusivity of negociant Jeffrey Davies, this wine seems built to evolve for up to a decade or more. A blend of 43% Merlot, a whopping 35% Petit Verdot, and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon that all tip the scales at 14% natural alcohol, the result is a wine with loads of structure that seems more backward than many of its peers, especially at this price point, but displays an impressive concentration of black currant and black cherry fruit with some licorice and spicy oak. This is a seriously endowed wine that needs to shed some tannin, but it is all there. Give it a year or so of bottle age and drink it over the following decade. (Tasted once.) 88-90+ points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate #188 (APR 2010).
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