For the small appellation of Madiran tucked in the foothills of the Pyrenees between France and Spain, 1990 is a breakthrough vintage. Bouscasse's 1990 possesses an opaque black color, a reticent but intriguing bouquet of spicy new oak, smoke, vanillin, and black-cherries, great concentration and richness, medium to full body, and gobs of tannin in the finish. Give it 3-5 years of cellaring and drink it over the subsequent decade. Put this wine as a ringer in a blind tasting with top notch Bordeaux and see what happens! Importer: Europvin USA, Watertown, MA.