1997 Clos des Truffiers Hommage a Max Coteaux de Languedoc

1997 Clos des Truffiers Hommage a Max Coteaux de Languedoc Medium ruby colored in the glass with a slight cloudiness that speaks to its unfined nature, this wine has a mysterious brooding nose that captures aromas of black truffles, olives, capers, anise, and dark blackberry and black cherry fruits. In the mouth, it is silky and sumptuous with a gorgeous mouthfeel and full body that is lush with flavors of dried cherries, leather, and exotic woods with flavors of figs as the wine tapers to a very long finish that exposes very fine-grained soft tannins. Surprisingly, the wine betrays little of its treatment in 100% new oak. There is only the slightest lack of the deep complexity that I experienced in my first taste of this wine which keeps it from again meeting the 10-point mark on my scale.