A blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc (a traditional blend for the Right Bank appellations of Pomerol and, to a lesser extent, St.-Emilion), this wine offers attractive notes of sweet and sour black cherries, licorice and a touch of mulberry. It is medium-bodied, soft, round and best drunk over the next 8-10 years. A little more complexity would have resulted in a higher score.

From a modestly sized (53 acres) Pomerol estate, Alain Moueix has produced a blend of 83% Merlot and 17% Cabernet Franc that offers attractive hints of sweet strawberries, jammy cherries, dusty, loamy soil, underbrush and spice box notes. Medium-weight and seductive, it can be consumed over the next 7-8 years.