Francois Lamarche, Grande Rue Vintage:2008 A real standout wine

A real standout wine

Deep garnet-purple colored

A completely backward but superbly complex nose displays layered aromas that run to game and underbrush as well as ripe red and dark berry fruit trimmed in a bit of wood toast that give way to rich

focused and strikingly intense flavors possess excellent mid-palate density along with a superbly long finish that is akin to rolling small pebbles around in the mouth

A vein of fresh apple and grapefruit is tapped to introduce unexpected primary juiciness into the layers of confitured

Francois Lamarche, Grande Rue Vintage:2008 A real standout wine(harvested on September 20th). This has gone from strength to strength and only seems to get better with each passing year. A lightly menthol infused nose that is exceptionally ripe yet stops short of being surmature remains almost 100% primary with ample black fruit and spice aromas seamlessly merging into the rich, full and intense flavors brimming with power and muscle yet this by no means lacks for grace or elegance on the reserved but driving