Malartic Lagraviere - 2009 (750ml) Italy but Beaucastel’s 2006 Chateauneuf du

but Beaucastel’s 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape is performing even better from bottle than it did last year

The wine possesses notes of smoke

but also enormous

full-flavored finish

elegant Latour with more meaty

Malartic Lagraviere - 2009 (750ml) Italy but Beaucastel’s 2006 Chateauneuf duProbably the best wine that has come from this estate, along with their 2005, the final blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot boasts Michel Rolland as the consulting oenologist. This organically farmed vineyard has turned out a deeply layered wine with a striking perfume of graphite, wet stones, red and black currants, tobacco leaf and underbrush. The compelling aromatics are followed by a medium bodied but intensely