description: It's smoky, toasty and even a bit bacon-scented from its upbringing in 100% new French oak, but this is also a lush, warm, inviting mouthful of wine, filled with cassis fruit and framed by spicy wood. It's 95% Merlot from a hot vintage, so not likely to age all that long, but it's certainly delicious now.
variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
designation: Château de Launay