I rated this wine far higher from barrel. I only had a chance to see this wine once and the final blend of 98% and 2% Cabernet Franc was rigid, closed, tannic and not strutting its stuff. I didn’t detect anything off in the bottle, but this certainly seemed to have far more potential when tasted it from barrel. The fact that co-owner Hubert de Bouard is involved says to me that I’m probably off-base rather than the wine, but that’s the way it tasted, and all I can do is report that. Unfortunately, there just wasn’t the time or opportunity to re-taste it. This wine comes from a fabulously located 18-acre estate in what is considered one of the finest neighborhoods of St.-Emilion, sandwiched between such chateaux as Angelus, Beausejour Duffau, and Beausejour-Becot.

此款酒先是散發(fā)著濃郁的烤香料和甘草味，隨之而來的是突出的深色無花果、李子和紅醋栗味，芳香四溢，余味悠遠(yuǎn)且緊實。雖離成熟還有一段很長的時間，但已有不少的熱衷者。評分：89-92。

此款酒酒力強(qiáng)勁，非常濃郁，較 09 年份的酒略勝一籌。該酒呈深藍(lán)色，十分濃稠，散發(fā)著成熟紅色水果的香氣，口感豐郁，帶有清新的礦物味。單寧緊實，需要一段時間陳釀。