Palazzo, Right Bank Proprietary Red

Palazzo, Right Bank Proprietary RedThe 2010 is another wine of great intensity but coiled, very tight, with high levels of tannin. Sensational in extraction and richness, this blend of 72% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon is the product of a cool year in Napa. It shows fabulous density, richness, and intensity. Perhaps it will evolve somewhat like the brilliant 2005 has, but it is still excruciatingly young, intense, promising, but needs to be forgotten for at

offering juicy dark berry and cherry pit flavors and a touch of licorice

this will work just fine

cassis and dusty loam

voluminous and palate coating flavors that possess a sophisticated mouth feel on the balanced and impressively persistent finish where a touch of pain grillé surfaces

The palate is extremely well balanced with fine acidity effortlessly slicing a swathe through that unctuous

It soars to new heights of elegance and power

leather and tobacco add shades of nuance throughout

Tasted at a vertical at Château Meyney

peppery aromas accenting espresso

spice and notably earthy aromas

refined and full—all the good and important things in confluence here

Brovias 2008 Barolo Garblet Sue bursts from the glass with a heady array of black fruit