More and more I wonder about the aging curve on Tardieu-Laurent’s wines. Knowing the effort that is put into them, I suspect that they just need more time, which makes them not well-suited for a global marketplace that lacks patience. This wine still exhibits loads of oak, has very firm tannins, seems monolithic and closed, and no matter how much aeration it’s given, is hard to penetrate. Certainly the purity is there, the weight is present, it tastes like Chateauneuf du Pape, but it is just hard to coax much out of it. I wouldn’t give up on this wine, but my confidence is somewhat shaken about where this wine is heading. Judgment reserved.