An absolutely outrageous sleeper of the vintage the tiny yields of 26 hectoliters per hectare produced wine made from a blend of 84% Merlot and the rest the two Cabernets. Natural alcohol is a whopping 14.5% and it will come as no surprise that Stephane Derenoncourt is the consultant. Deep plum/ruby with a big sweet kiss of mulberry black cherry jam licorice and incense this ripe fleshy medium to full-bodied wine has terrific fruit on the attack mid-palate and finish. This unctuous 2009 which often gets a recommendation from me is the best Les Grands Marechaux I have ever tasted.