crème de cassis

This is just a fantastically good villages

uniting attributes of youth and maturity

it’s not clear whether this will ultimately harmonize

Here's how Bollinger comments on the 2009 harvest

Brokenwood, Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz Vintage:2011 crème de cassisThe 2011 Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz leads with a succulent nose that is redolent with raspberry pip and mulberry, sarsaparilla and pomegranate. It is pure, fine and light, with fresh red fruit on the palate as well. Perhaps it doesn't have the length and carry of some of the other vintages, but having said that, it isn't like it is descending into maturity at this point either. This is shorter and finer, but it isn't fragmenting or developing. It is a