Commanderie (Saint Emilion) other_regions_italy intense and muscular medium weight

intense and muscular medium weight plus flavors that possess very fine power and only a touch of backend rusticity on the mouth coating and impressively long finish

spice and a suggestion of warm earth character

Forget it for another decade and drink it over the following 25-30 years

An expressive and more deeply pitched nose offers up plenty of earth character on the spiced plum and dark currant aromas that are also trimmed in just enough wood to notice

Commanderie (Saint Emilion) other_regions_italy intense and muscular medium weightVery smoky and rich, with meat, berry and cherry aromas. Medium bodied, with a good core of fruit, fine tannins and a long finish. Delicious. Best after 2003. 2,915 cases made. JS