Château les Moines, Médoc, Bordeaux, France, 2010

A delicious, mature claret from the Cru Bourgeois Chateau Les Moines that offers exceptional value. Garnet in colour, with complex developed nose of mushrooms, cured meat and cedar spices, with a solid base of red plums and sour cherry. Wood spiced black cherry and blackberry juice on the palate, with a tone of pu erh tea bitterness. Cocoa powder-like tannins form a decent structure, refreshed by great elegance and followed by a lingering berry juice finish. It is at its prime time now and is perfect with fatty red meat.