"80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Shiny dark berries, cedar, coffee beans and violet aromas, with a sauvage meatiness. The palate opens with salty freshness, heralding a mid-palate of building power and flavour concentration, on which raspberry and wild strawberry fruit is framed by firm tannins. Violets and bitter chocolate on the fresh, harmonious finish. François sees this in a bracket with his ‘85, ‘89, ‘97 and ’09 vintages. C&B Score: 18-18.5 Drinking dates: 2029-45   Bottle - case of 6 - £990 (in bond) Magnum - case of 3 - £1010 (in bond)  "