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From a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, the wine offers licorice, stone, blackberry, coffee, smoke and black cherry aromas. Full bodied, rich and round in texture, aged in 100% new oak, this plum filled St. Emilion is drinking well today.
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Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Full bright ruby. Tangy aromas of bitter cherry, blackberry, violet, minerals and exotic spices. Offers lovely creamy sweetness and pliancy in the mouth but also shows excellent clarity of flavor and penetration, thanks to the cabernet component. Firm but sweet tannins build on the very long finish.
This is a big upgrade for this spectacular micro-cuvee, a true garage wine from a 4.4-acre vineyard. A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, I always find Gracia to be reminiscent of Ausone. The dense, rich 2000 reveals notes of a spring flower garden intermixed with smoky barbecue meat, blackberries, black currants, and crushed rocks. The extraordinary perfume is followed by a wine of great depth and richness, full-bodied power, and not a hard edge to be found. This velvety blockbuster is just beginning to strut all its stuff, and should age easily for another 15+ years. Jun 2010, www.robertparker.com