Domaine Filliatreau Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes 2003

Domaine Filliatreau Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes 2003: A fairly deep, youthful cherry red hue. Rather closed on the nose at first, slowly yielding stony, cherry pit aromas. A nice, medium bodied approach, and showing real depth through the midpalate, where the old vine quality really shows. This has a lovely, seamless presence, with delightful balance, tied up with a complex array of mineral and tobacco character that seems to swirl in the depths of the wine, never showing itself until the finish, when it comes forth in a flurry of flavour and structure. Very fine. Although drinking now, I suspect this would age well over 5-6 years at least. 17.5+/20 (26/6/06)