Margaux other_regions_italy This doesn't offer the fruit

This doesn't offer the fruit of the best in the vintage

The 2009 Croft has a tightly wound bouquet of blackberry

spicy and long on the finish

There is outstanding volume and mid-palate concentration to the powerful and mouth coating middle weight flavors that exhibit a subtle minerality on the sappy

More structured than the Bricco delle Viole

Margaux other_regions_italy This doesn't offer the fruitThe 2010 Chteau Margaux performed far better at this horizontal than at Farr's blind tasting a few days later. It has a beguiling bouquet, highly perfumed with crushed violets infusing the blackberry and crushed strawberry scented, hints of pencil box and cedar emerging with time. The palate is medium bodied with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity. There is a wonderful sense of symmetry here with a silky elegant finish that is amazingly