Domaine Filliatreau Saumur-Champigny
  La Grande Vignolle 2003

Domaine Filliatreau Saumur-Champigny La Grande Vignolle 2003: A moderately deep hue,  with a vibrant cherry red tint. A fine and very typical nose, a melange of cherry fruit with sweet strawberry and loganberry notes, sprinkled with a little black pepper. It has a promising seamless style on entry, before revealing a little of its gangly youth through the midpalate, as it shows some ripe, peppery tannins, but with nicely poised acidity and a flourish of blackberry fruit. A little nuance of tobacco is just the first note of emerging complexity I think, but there is an evident depth right now. This will improve over 3-5 years. Very good indeed. 17.5+/20 (3/7/06)