The grapes are not de-stemmed, the cuvaison lasts for three weeks and the wine is aged for 18 months in traditional foudre wooden vats before the wine is bottled unfiltered. The fruit is perfectly in balance with the texture of wine, showing typical dark fruit notes with hints of forest floor and good acidity. The wine has a firm structural backbone that will allow the wine to develop beautifully over a decade or more in certain vintages. A classic of the genre.