Clos du Marquis St. Julien 2013

A beautifully perfumed, dark-colored wine, bursting with black plums and violet perfumes. It is, on the surface, delicious, but taste beneath that and it becomes complex and dark, with immense but velvet tannins, suggesting considerable potential.

Sweet red currant and cherry fruit with a some kirsch and raspberry, too. Very stylish and some substance here. Sappy up front fruit with layers and a roundness and freshness of fruit. There is a structure and character on the palate that has been missing in so many wines from St Julien. Clos du Marquis will easily go toe to toe with some more illustrious neighbours this vintage.