Chateau LE CARRE Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2005

Wine Advocate rating of 93 points.  (85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc).  Another single vineyard that abuts Clos Fourtet but from a different angle. The vines were purchased from Ch. Canon and get two runs of green harvesting down to 4 bunches at mid-veraison.  Yield is down to 28hl/ha.  This is still very, very tight and not showing a great deal of complexity at the moment.  But the fruit underneath the tannins is sweet and ripe, the wine making displays good finesse with a lightness of touch and a long finish, which bodes well for a very elegant wine in due course.