The dense purple-hued 2009 exhibits a beautiful nose of blueberry liqueur acacia flowers licorice graphite and wood smoke. Flowery and elegant as well as exceptionally pure medium to full-bodied admirably concentrated and rich it is a big Margaux but does not lose any of the typicity one expects of wines from this area which tend to be slightly more elegant and less muscular than the St.-Juliens Pauillacs and St.-Estephes made further north. Given its tannin profile the 2009 Boyd-Cantenac requires 5-8 years of cellaring and should last for three decades.