Tasting Notes
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Tasted blind. Deep ruby colour. Sandalwood and spiced plums on the nose. Dry with firm and sandy tannins on the palate. The spiced plums persist but for now are masked by structure and wood. Sawdust in both flavour and texture on the finish. (TP)
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2028
Robert Parker 93
The 2017 Marquis d’Alesme Becker is a blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it has a very serious, classic nose of warm cassis, cedar chest, pencil lead and fragrant earth with wafts of violets and dark chocolate. Medium-bodied, it has a solid backbone of firm, ripe, grainy tannins and a muscular mid-palate of tightly wound layers, delivering lovely purity and great length.
Anticipated maturity: 2023-2042