Displays handsome aromas and flavors with a complex mix of plummy fruit, earth, mushrooms, violets and lavender, and dusty cocoa. Attractive balance with good body and texture. Blackberry and coffee flavors mark the finish, which sports full but well-dispersed tannins. Appealing now, but has some aging potential, too. Accessible, affordable, appellation-bearing Bordeaux. Best Buy.——W.E.(5/1/2000)—— 88