Wow, did I get this wrong on barrel. It happens. But I am man enough to willingly admit it. This has blossomed into one of the silkiest, sexiest, wines I’ve tasted in ages. The perfect ripe sweet fruit feels like each berry was hand polished with a velvet cloth. The wine is rich, concentrated, deep, long, complex and utterly hedonistic. Pure bottled hedonism at its best! Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/search-wine-tasting-notes/?szSearch=Ch%C3%A2teau%20La%20Violette

Tasted at Chateau Le Gay pure Merlot of course Catherine Pere-Verge's deluxe cuvee has a limpid purple/ruby colour. The nose is timid at first expanding in the glass with touches of violet (quel surprise!) crème de cassis and a touch of Dorset plum and vanilla. The palate is almost mellifluous on the entry rounded and velvety in texture with a lot of creamy new oak. Very modern in style seductive but those tannins lend a little tension to the finish that was perhaps missing on the 2009 La Violette. Ravishing as always (although personally Le Gay is more my style.) Drink 2015-