Château les Farcies du Pech' Pécharmant

Robe de couleur: Rubis foncé, Bouquet présent, Bouquet: boisé, champignon, cuire, poivre, mûr; Bonne Astringence; Corsé; Arômes en bouche: boisé, mure, violet, rose, Decanter +1h, beau nez, bon accords

Ah, a Pécharmant - I'm finally getting around to this appellation. (It's a smallish region within the Bergerac AOC.) 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, 20+-year-old vines, aged in new and used oak barrels. Its true to its Bordeauxish profile, but not with much sense of new oak at all. Big funky, garrigue-ish blast on the nose upon first opening, but it blows off soon enough. The wine is snappy and intensely flavored in the darker, slightly sourer …