Beautiful Burgundian-like aromas of burning embers roasted Provencal herbs black currants and sweet cherries and raspberries emerge from this medium-bodied elegant 2009 Pessac-Leognan. Medium to full-bodied and seductive with sweet tannins as well as a surprisingly evolved precocious personality (even for a 2009) it will offer delicious drinking over the next 15+ years. This is another wine in which I noticed subtle bottle variation.

Still youthfully tight this shows a packed core of plum cassis and blackberry fruit wrapped with bittersweet cocoa tobacco and charcoal notes. Nice drive marks the finish with gorgeous polish as a mouthwatering linzer torte note expands as it opens in the glass. Drink now through 2020. -JM