Chateau Durfort Vivens 2017

JAMES SUCKLING: "Aromas of redcurrants, flowers and cedar with an air of freshness. This has a very impressively composed and structured impression with attractive, raw appeal to the tannins and a core of mainly red-berry flavors. The acidity is vibrant. Very fresh and sustained flavors at the finish. Crushed cement and stone. From biodynamically grown grapes. Try from 2023."

DECANTER: "This is packed with black fruits, concentrated and hard to argue with. Great spice and coffee layers, tons of texture that builds to power and concentration, and you feel the tannins as a physical presence. Give it another five years, although doesn't need the full 10. Inky, really impressive, particularly for the vintage.10% aged in amphoras, 70% new oak, the rest one year in barrel. Drinking Window 2024 - 2038"

WINE ENTHUSIAST: "Barrel Sample. Firmly tannic, but also rich in ripe black-fruit tones, this is going to be a fine wine as it develops. The pure berry flavors shine through the structure and acidity. Drink from 2024."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, reife Pflaumen, etwas Kakao, zarte Kräuterwürze, dunkle Beerenfrucht unterlegt. Mittlere Komplexität, reife Zwetschken, dezente Tannine, etwas weitmaschig im Abgang, bald antrinkbar."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Better in the bottle than in cask, the wine is forward, medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, forward and expresses a nice sense of purity in its red fruits."