Mas Doix - 2004 (750ml) Chardonnay The 2005 Ducru Beaucaillou is

The 2005 Ducru Beaucaillou is a 10

creme de cassis

Ex-chateau bottle tasted blind in Sauternes

it exhibits scents of roasted herbs

and the nose offers up fabulously intense aromas of minerals

Mas Doix - 2004 (750ml) Chardonnay The 2005 Ducru Beaucaillou isThe 2004 Costers de Vinas Viejas is 50% Carinena, 48% Garnacha, and 2% Merlot aged for 16 months in new French oak. Deep purple, the aromas are other worldly with truffle, tar, graphite, kirsch, and wild blueberry among the array of scents leaping from the glass. Flamboyant and opulent, the wine has remarkable richness and depth of flavor leading to a 60 second finish. Drink this hedonistic effort over the next 10 12 years.