Gruaud Larose other_regions honey and hazelnut complicated by

honey and hazelnut complicated by suggestions of roasted herbs

This is seriously good juice with the potential to match

It s firing on all cylinders but certainly has another decade or more of prime drinking

The intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors are even more refined if perhaps not quite as mineral-driven while delivering superb length on the balanced but markedly austere finish where a touch of cherry pit emerges

Almost sticky in feel

Gruaud Larose other_regions honey and hazelnut complicated byThere's nice richness here, with velvety textured blackberry, fig and boysenberry confiture flavors rolling through, edged by a graphite note that slowly takes over on the finish. This has serious spine, with tar and ganache echoes hanging in the background, boding well for continued development.Blind 2000 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2015). Drink now through 2023. 18,750 cases made. JM