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DECANTER: "Cinnamon, orange peel, blackcurrant leaf and black cherry. Perfumed scents too. Lifted and focused, this has a firm outer frame, black fruit and minerality driven, clean and focused with fleshy chalky tannins that fill the mouth. I love the confidence here, cool but so calm, refined but still with a lot of flavour. I really like this. Will be so easy to drink. 0.5ha. No wood, just amphora for ageing. First vintage 2021. Ungrafted Cabernet vines planted in 2016."
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JAMES SUCKLING: "A crunchy and relatively fruity red for the vintage, with blackberries, blackcurrants and wet earth. Medium-bodied with a creamy texture and a fresh finish."
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VINUM: "Dunkelfarben und intensiv im Duft, dezent oxidative Noten, dunkle Frucht, florale Noten; dichter Gaumen, kompakt gebaut, markante Tannine, zupackende Säure, langer Abgang."
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FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, breitere Randaufhellung. Zart nach Gewürzen und frischen, reifen Zwetschken, ein Hauch von Nougat und Feigen, einladendes Bukett. Saftig, elegant, feine Fruchtsüße, finessenreich strukturiert, rotbeeriger Nachhall, ein delikater Speisenbegleiter mit gutem Potenzial, kalkige Mineralität im Rückgeschmack, gute Frische."
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THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Black cherries, currants, espresso, tobacco, and spice kick off the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, chewy, and charming with its display of deep red fruits, savory herbs, and spice on the palate, which you also taste and feel in the finish. The wine blends 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 23% Merlot. 13% ABV. Drink from 2027-2045."
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ANSON: "A little chalky, takes its time unfurling its black fruits, this is good quality, touch of leafy raspberry and cassis bud, with liquorice, slate, crayon, impressive construction and slow build. Left Bank signature. Famille Roulleau. 90% in oak, 65% new, the remaining 10% in amphoras."
