I never had much luck with this wine (from my birth year), but a bottle tasted in late March was the finest I have ever had. Although fragile, with considerable amber to its color, it offers a nose of smoked herbs, caramel, and sweet roasted fruit. The palate impression of sweet fruit and abundant glycerin make it a delicious, alluring Latour. The wine dried out in the glass, becoming more marked by acidity and tannin after 10-15 minutes. (RP)