Its 100% Merlot so its a bit more approachable than the left bank clarets and its from Fronsac which is a cheaper alternative to St Emilion. Its taken over nicely from the 2015 vintage and already has a ripe and pure nose, offering creamy black fruit and dark roast coffee. Tannins are firm but ripe and beautifully pure and linear, and the palate is concentrated and already well-knit. Packed with intense black, mulberry-flavoured fruit, the ripeness makes this already very drinkable now.