(2022) From a selection of the best parcels of fruit, aged in French oak barrels for 18 months, this wine was blended in cooperation with Pierre Lurton of Château Cheval Blanc. It is composed of 36% each of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, plus 14% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. A very powerful and plush aroma, deeply-set with blue-black fruit, very polished graphite and creamy dark oak aromas, and with a lovely little pepper and floral lift. That polished depth carries through to the palate, where a sumptuous bed of black fruit and creamy, dark oak supports juicier hints of fruit and pert cherry-skin acidity, the finish filled with fruit and tobacco-like spices with excellent length. This must surely have considerable cellaring potential too.