Tasted 11 February 2018
Libournais · Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Toss this thing down in Davy Jones' locker for the next decade and wait for it to find a pulse. Balled-up tight as a drum, this wine offered very little in terms of fruit flavor or complexity at the moment. It doesn't…
Over four years since my last sampling this, the '16 FM LPV has gone from a high-rider taut teaser to a lush, plush, and gurgling gush of muddled blackberries and choc-o-late silkiness. If you know…
This was an especially ripe and ready showing. Deep and dark plum, black cherry, blackberry, smoke, wet tobacco, and slate notes are delivered in balanced but gushing and plush waves of chewy fruit…