"A tasting sample drawn off in April 2007. The wine was decanted for one hour and then consumed over the next few hours, before what little remained was kept back 24 hours for the next day - it held up well to this treatment. In the glass this wine has, unsurprisingly, a rather dense and certainly glossy hue. The nose is quite exotic, with notes of spices, pepper and sandalwood. With this there is a fine concentration of fruit, showing a more intense cassis and blackcurrant than the red fruits which seemed to dominate in October. Whatever the character of the fruit, there is plenty of it, and on the palate it is presented in a very pure, direct, detached style. It is a wine with plenty of substance, and although I can sense the ripe tannins, they are well covered by the fruit and body of the wine and, incredulously, I can drink this wine now with pleasure. It has a fabulous intensity of flavour, ripe and yet restrained, with no over-the-top texture or force. Nicely composed on the finish. On the next day almost no different - a little acetic note although this dissipated in minutes and the fun then continued. This is a really good vintage for fans of Brane-Cantenac. For label images and more see my Wine of the Week write-up." 17-17.5+/20, Wine Doctor (December 2007)