I would have had to harvest everything on the same day

cool and airy aromas of both red and dark currant

dark cherry and pretty spice wisps

The supple

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 2009 Bordeaux tasting

Raymond Usseglio, Chateauneuf Du Pape other_regions_australia I would have had toRuby red. Aroma of red fruit liqueur. Sweet and nicely concentrated, with good volume but only modest nuance. Shows good freshness and fruit, but finishes with some youthfully tough tannins. Seems distinctly cleaner than a bottle of the '98 I tasted last year. However, my sample of the '99 Cuvee Imperiale was plagued by a raw wood quality that dried its finish. Stephen Tanzer