Château Vincens, Origine, Cahors, Southwest France, 2011

Stephen Brook: Sweet ripe damson nose has some purity of fruit despite the power. Medium-bodied, sleek and velvety, very concentrated but not too extracted. Shows good underlying acidity and there's no sign of heat from the alcohol. Sumptuous, hedonistic, and surprisingly elegant. Ben Llewellyn: A bright expressive initial nose, underpinned by camphor and incense. The palate is full of black fruit and spice with sweet mulberry and notes of violet. The finish is long, well-honed and leaves a very attractive perfume of violet and pruneaux. Anthony Rose: Huge colour, lots of sweet blackberry, cinnamon, camphor, and spicy fruit on the nose. Good, ripe, sweet rich mid-palate of black cherry and blackberry fruit concentration, firm sinewy structure behind it, big-boned and intense, still almost elemental for its age. A chunky powerful monkey to be sure. Lovely.