The remarkable 2009 Bouscat La Gargone which is even better from bottle than it was from barrel is a blend of 60% Merlot 20% Malbec 18% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Consultant Claude Gros certainly got things right as this tips the scales at a California-like 15.9% natural alcohol. An absolutely sensational nose of white chocolate intermixed with blackberry jam licorice incense and white flowers soars from the glass of this opaque full-bodied sensationally concentrated wine that has no hard edges. Drink it over the next 3-4 years. This is a major over-achieving 20-acre south-facing hillside vineyard just in the shadow of Fronsac.