A very impressive effort for the vintage, with pure, ripe berry characters on the nose - it's almost like a Médoc with its' cassis characters, yet with the gentle plummy softness that is distinctively St-Emilion. The palate is supple and long, with refreshing acidity and silky tannins - all very balanced. Drink 2012-2020. 15.7 points (out of 20)
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En Primeur wines are still in barrel at the châteaux and are sold as ‘futures’ up to two years in advance of delivery. The price includes delivery in-bond to a dedicated storage account. Before your wine arrives in the UK you will have the option to specify duty-paid delivery to an address of your choice, but you will need to pay a release fee to cover duty, VAT and handling at the prevailing rates.
- Origin:
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France
- Closure:
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Natural Cork
- Style:
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Medium-bodied reds
Estimated delivery: Summer 2010
Estimated release cost: £85.00
"Exceptionally deep crimson. Minerals - charcoal? - on the nose. Very, unusually, sweet and rich and round and seductive. A great sweet spread of gentle fruit on the front palate. Not aggressive at all. Quite a feat in 2007! Lively. Real vitality here. Again it finishes a bit suddenly but there is lots of pleasure to be had here. Big and bloody and flattering on the front palate, then it tightens up quite considerably and shows a little bit of astringency and quite marked acidity. More vivacity than many even though in the context of all vintages it's a little bit dull. 16.5 points (out of 20)."
Jancis Robinson,
www.jancisrobinson.com
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"This has good concentration for the vintage, with lots of mineral, berry, currant and flowers. I like this a lot. 88-91 points."
James Suckling,
Wine Spectator
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