Pavie 95–96 Deep crimson colour. Cedar, dark chocolate, musky dark plum, violet aromas. Richly concentrated chocolaty wine with ample dark berry musky fruits and panforte marzipan cedar notes. Finishes gravelly and long. Very big wine, but will develop well with its minerally notes. 52% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.47% alc Pavie Macquin 95–96 Deep crimson colour. Fresh wood varnish wax polish aromas with dark plum, hint elderberry fruits. Oak-dominant but well balanced and expressive wine with roasted chestnut, wax polish, cedar, dark plum, mulberry flavours, fine graphite tannins and fresh long mineral acidity. Slinky firm finish. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon. Around 60% new oak. Tertre Roteboeuf 95–96 Deep crimson colour. Smoky bacon, roasted hazelnut, dark chocolate, panforte aromas. Richly concentrated smoky bacon, dark chocolate, dark plum sesame, ginger flavours, persistent chocolaty tannins and underlying aniseed notes. Oak-dominant now, but the elements will fold into each other with some time. Very characterful and eccentric wine. 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. 13% alc Trottevielle 95–96 Deep crimson colour. Impressively focussed wine with lovely dark plum, black cherry pastille fruits and underlying marzipan, roasted chestnut, hint vanilla notes. Supple textured and beautifully concentrated wine with ample dark plum, black cherry, dark chocolate, hint panforte flavours, fine chalky/grainy tannins and superb new oak complexity. Finishes gravelly with very good mineral length. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon. 100% new oak. Clos Cantenac 94–95+ Deep crimson colour. Wax polish, marzipan, cedar, black cherry with star anise notes. Beautifully concentrated wine with dark plum, blackberry pastille fruits, fine grainy/touch cedar textures, lovely roasted chestnut, marzipan notes. Finishes velvety and smooth with quartz-like acidity. 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. 14% alc Beau-Sejour Becot 94–95 Deep colour. Intense musky plum dark cherry fruits with savoury/ chinotto notes. Elegantly styled wine with pure dark cherry, plum fruits, fine bittersweet textures and well balanced savoury notes. Finishes firm and long. Very good volume, vinosity and torque. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon. 65% new oak.
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