This Bordeaux blend is 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot and 9% Cab Franc. It’s a well-crafted mix of cassis and blue fruits, with well-managed, polished tannins. There are traces of leaf and stem, highlights rather than failings, and the wine holds together as a polished and seamless work.——P.G.(11/1/2008)—— 89