In a more difficult vintage, La Vieille Cure has turned out an elegant offering displaying notes of cedar, underbrush, black cherries, currants, and subtle new oak. This tasty, medium-bodied wine possesses a seamless texture with no hard edges. It stood out in my tasting of 2002 Fronsacs as one of the two or three finest wines of the appellation. Consume it over the next 7-10 years. This estate, owned by an American consortium, has been doing spectacular work over the last half dozen or so vintages. The wine is primarily Merlot that has been picked ripe and vinified impeccably.