An exceptional wine. Beautiful, deep-red ruby colour, with the bright sheen of great Burgundies. Intense and fresh nose for the young wines. Primary notes of red fruit dominate, such as Morello cherry ("griotte", or wild cherry), raspberry, blackberry. There are hints of complexity with smoky flavours evolving towards liquorice. When the wine is maturing, aromas of pepper, tobacco, humus and undergrowth appear. When drinking the wine, the first impression is always clear-cut and the texture fleshy. The body is firm without being rough, well meshed without being heavy. There is great freshness in the younger wines. With age, the wine gets rounder. It takes on "gras" (velvety texture) and a more precise architecture, supported by silky tannins. It is lively and refined at the same time. There remains a final and most pleasing sensation of harmony, fullness and delicate tannins, as the wine lingers on the palate.Enjoy with filet mignon, smoked duck, ripe cheese.Harvesting by hand, in small open crates in order to preserve the integrity of the fruit.Sorting of the grapes is done in the vineyard and at the cuverie (winery) if necessary. Macerationa and takes 2 to 3 weeks and indigenous yeasts are used. All is done in a temperature controlled environment. "Pigeage" (punching down of the cap during fermentation) once a day until half of fermentation is done; one pumping over (remontage) per day till the end of the fermentation. Separation of free run juice from pressed juice. Aged in barrels (20% in new oak) for 14 to 18 months. French oak forests (Tronçay in particular). Weathering of the wood is a period of 3 years, one of the contributing elements to the elegance of the wine.