Chateau Mayne-Vieil, Fronsac

A ripe and pure nose, offering creamy red and black fruit with some dark roast coffee. Tannins are firm, and the palate is concentrated and already well-knit, if still a little youthful. Packed with intense black, mulberry-flavoured fruit, coffee and a twist of toast from the barrel, the ripeness makes this very drinkable now and it will continue to develop more complexity over the next 5 years.