Chateau Vrai Canon Bouche 2010

JAMES SUCKLING: "Blueberries and chocolate aromas in this wine. Sliced mushroom. Full body, with extremely well-integrated tannins and a fresh and clean finish. Firm and beautiful. Better after 2016."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Yields were absurdly low at 20 hectoliters per hectare, and the final blend of 95% Merlot and the rest small dosages of Cabernet Franc and Malbec came in at 14.5% natural alcohol. Opaque blue/purple, the unmistakable notes of wet rock, blueberry liqueur, spring flower garden, crushed chalk and earth are all present in this full-bodied, seriously endowed, over-achieving Fronsac, It is built for the long haul, so consumers would be well-advised to forget it for several years and drink it over the following 10-15, possibly even 20.Stephane Derenoncourt is the consultant for this wine, which has really come on over the last half dozen years and is now routinely one of the great wines of this somewhat under-the-radar appellation." - Robert M. Parker, Jr.