2007 Andrew Will Red Champoux Vineyard

52% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon plus Merlot and a little Petit Verdot. Very deeply coloured, black core. Dark and tucked in. Very rich, dark, sweet black fruit, including some ripe damson. Some milk chocolate sweetness. Firm, lush dry tannins. Dark and savoury but so fine and yet very ripe without any overripeness. Drier on the finish than some. Very fine grained but quite a grip on the finish. The youngest of the flight and needs more time. (JH)

(14.7% alcohol; 52% cabernet franc, 21% merlot, 19% cabernet sauvignon and 8% petit verdot) Bright ruby-red. Medicinal blackberry and violet aromas are accompanied by a slightly decadent quality. Deep, broad and rich, conveying an extremely ripe dried-fruit impression. This is most impressive today on the back half, where it spreads out impressively to coat the palate, and where the big, broad tannins serve to accentuate rather than cut off the wine's fruit.