Durfort Vivens 2006 (750ML)

92-94 WE / 16 JR

Barrel sample. Great, solid wine, intensely structured, balanced with sufficient new wood. This has excellent potential, a wine with some freshness, but more weight from the ripe black fruits. - Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast

Garnet hue with a touch of brick at the rim. Roasted and earthy on the nose with a hint of mint. Lift on the palate, the fruit present but tannins marked and slightly bitter on the finish. Strict and austere but still there, even if the finesse is missing. Ever so slightly wayward. -James Lawther MW, JancisRobinson