This blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc displays loads of power, structure and impressive density. The color is a healthy dark ruby/purple, and the wine offers up notes of black fruits, charcoal and forest floor. It is full-bodied and moderately tannic, but the low acidity and alcohol levels give it a certain accessibility. This is a sleeper of the vintage in Pomerol and possibly the best wine I have tasted from this estate. Give it several years of bottle age and drink it over the following 12-15 years.

Very ripe nose of prune, farmyard and volatile notes. Soft, rounded, juicy, lean and accessible wine with firm, ripe tannins. Needs time to develop grace. Drink from 2013. Alc: 14.5%. (15.5 points)