Michael Schuster: “black ripe” fruit to smell; full, fluid, vivid in acidity, with a pleasingly juicy fruit and a firmish tannin; quite powerful for the year, with a touch of warmth to it from the level of alcohol, the influence of the late-picked Merlots. good of its type, if you like this sort of style (the 2010 is similar), which is very different from the charmails of, for example, 2007 and 2004, lighter and more refreshing lesser clarets. whether this is a change of direction or the influence of the seasons is a moot point. 2018–28. 14.5