Medium cherry-red colour. The nose starts with just a twist of dark and spicy oak. The palate has ebullient acidity, the

classic 2002 grainy tannin and a narrow but quite long finish. The acidity is really a key part of the expansion in the

mid-palate which brings quite some character to the wine. Perhaps not quite 1er cru level of intensity or, today,

complexity, but certainly engagement. Nice wine, even in a 2002 context.