La Tour Figeac - 2001 (750ml) pinot bl blackberry and plums) and sweet

blackberry and plums) and sweet desserts (taffy

After 18 years

Notes of port wine

crushed rock and floral notes

followed by pressing in a pneumatic/bladder press and cold settling of the juice prior to fermentation

La Tour Figeac - 2001 (750ml) pinot bl blackberry and plums) and sweetThe finest wine yet made by this estate run by Stephane Derenoncourts wife, Christine, this blend of 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc tips the scales at 14+% alcohol. It exhibits copious aromas of blueberries, raspberries, asphalt, truffles, charcoal and a hint of graphite. Full bodied and powerful with low acidity, excellent freshness and precision, and deep, glycerin imbued, high octane flavors, the vintages tell tale voluptuousness and opulence