finishing with dark chocolate

all surrounded by jammy flavors of cherry confit and blackberry marmalade

the 2009 Saint-Pierre displays maturing notes of crème de cassis

The powerful and sleekly muscular flavors are quite firm yet there is a certain generosity that renders the mouth feel somewhat finer than that of the Clos de la Roche on the gorgeously persistent finish

-- Stephen Tanzer

Lascombes Vintage:2009 finishing with dark chocolateFar less impressive after bottling than it was from cask, this wine is now a candidate for drying out given its hollow middle and hard, austere, angular finish. The color is medium ruby, the wine has moderate weight and sweet fruit in the nose and on the attack, but it closes down to reveal a tart, spartan personality. Anticipated maturity, 2000 2008. Neither the 1995 nor 1996 performed as well as they had in the past, both suffering from hard tannin,