Villemaurine 94–95 Deep crimson colour. Complex dark cherry, dark plum, hint vegemite/ glacé aromas with marzipan notes. Dense and chocolaty with ample dark berry fruits, bittersweet textures, attractive mid palate density/ roundness and well-balanced savoury oak notes. Finishes chocolaty firm and minerally. Merlot, Cabernet Franc. 70–90% new oak. Berliquet 93–94 Medium-deep crimson colour. Lovely red cherry red plum, minerally leafy aromas with underlying vanilla/aniseed notes. Roasted walnut red plum, cedar flavours, fine chocolaty ferruginous tannins and mocha cacao notes. Brusque and exuberant. 65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc. 44% new oak, with a proportion in amphorae. 14.5% alc Dassault 93–94 Deep crimson colour. Elderberry, dark cherry, praline/dark chocolate aromas with lifted floral notes. Bittersweet and grainy textured wine with fresh dark berry fruits, attractive savoury/mocha complexity and fine quartz-like acidity. Lovely density, richness and volume. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon. 70% new oak. de Fonbel 93–94 Deep crimson colour. Intense red cherry, vanilla, roasted almond, marzipan aromas. Fresh dense and impactful with ample red cherry, mulberry, touch black olive flavours, fine sinewy tannins and underlying savoury/roasted almond plus cedary firm finish. 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Carménère. 14% alc La Serre 93–94 Medium-deep crimson colour. Raspberry brambly aromas with dark chocolate notes. Inky deep pure dark cherry, blackberry, raspberry fruits, fine slinky, touch grippy tannins and fresh long mineral acidity. Very good density and vigour. 75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc. Monbousquet 93–94 Deep colour. Intense dark plum liquorice, cedar aromas with dark chocolate notes. Well concentrated dark plum blackcurrant cedar, touch Oregon wood flavours, and fine al dente, bittersweet tannins. Finishes gravelly with sweet fruit notes. 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.28% alc Mondot 93–94 Deep colour. Fresh dark plum dark chocolate, salted liquorice aromas. Sweet supple, dark plum strawberry fruits, fine chalky tannins, very good volume and mineral length. Bittersweet notes. Merlot. Around 15% alc
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