Among practices to which Humbrecht points as relevant to his 2009 quality is his elimination in recent years of vine hedging to achieve earlier and more uniform flavor ripeness without excess grape sugar

and presumably for that reason grape sugars were very high by the time he picked

Chewy tannins after a very mellifluous palate

An impressively layered and ripe nose of spiced plum

so faintly weak

Eveche Size:12x750ml Among practices to which HumbrechtNew owners since 2008; on gravelly land close to Pomerol. Old vines and they are planting all the varieties allowed in the appellation including Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carmenre. Savoury and rather wild and interesting. A wine to look out for. Tastes rather biodynamic. Really lively undertow. No excess oak!