Jasper Morris: Full deep red but cheerfully bright. The nose does not speak of the canicular heat, though it is juicier and less refined than some wines in this line up. A faint suggestion of crushed peaches but it is broadly speaking ripe red fruit. Swells across the palate, no sign of detail yet, perhaps there won’t ever be, but this is no unbalanced monster. It should stay fresh for decades yet. The Drouhin team were keen to avoid the mistakes of 1976 so they decided on a short fermentation and little punching down, with early bottling.