A wine from St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France. Tasted on 11/2/2004 at Fringale. 92 points.
Ah, what a pleasure it was to drink this. The color was a deep and opaque red/purple. The nose was big, impressive and worth going back to on its own, full of cedar, tobacco and sweet fruit. The palate was chewy and big with a medium-full body. Tannins were in evidence, but are sweet and balanced giving a long finish. It is not as lush as the 1999, but it is none the less very fine. In another three years or so, the tannins will have softened, the wine will have picked up some complexity, and it will be outstanding.
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