Sloan, Proprietary Red Vintage:2001

Sloan, Proprietary Red Vintage:2001Deep garnet purple colored, the 2014 Proprietary Red needs a little coaxing to reveal slowly unfurling notions of warm black cherries, mulberries, redcurrants and blackberry compote with touches of licorice, tapenade, chargrill and scorched earth. Full bodied, firm, grainy and packed with layers of black fruits and savory flavors, it has a firm, grainy backbone of very ripe tannins and tons of vivacity, finishing very long.

Part of the wine matured in 20

Finishes moderately long and a bit simple

very tight and tannic

First produced in 1982

52 ha parcel in En La Chapelle

It is opaque

with a level of translucent energy that is alluring

dead-fruit flavors and bright acidity on the finish

this is a brilliant Pomerol from Nicolas de Bailliencourt and it will age with supreme class

As is ever the case with these lighter vintages

000 bottles were filled

with tons of Cabernet savoriness running through a core of intense