Branaire Ducru - 2004 (750ml) Cornas The wine is massive and

The wine is massive and full-bodied yet neither over the top nor heavy because of good acidity

and of this trio

vegetables

ripe wine is one of the vintage’s most prodigious offerings

tannin and structure is simply extraordinary

Branaire Ducru - 2004 (750ml) Cornas The wine is massive andPossessing the finest aromatics of all the 2004 St. Juliens, Branaire Ducru offers complex licorice, cranberry, boysenberry, and floral notes interwoven with notions of plums and figs. This dark ruby purple tinged, medium bodied, elegant effort offers sweet fruit as well as ripe tannins. Give it 1 3 years of bottle age and drink it over the following 14 15. Robert Parker 90 points