Chateau Haut-Bergey, Pessac-Leognan (Bordeaux) 2005

Purple.

Relatively open-knit nose of black fruit, clay/earth, licorice and oak spice. With air, some savory campfire/meat character emerges.

Relatively easy-going in the mouth, too (for a 2005), and light to middle-weight, probably appropriate for Pessac-L. Intense and structured from the mid-palate on, with iron the increasingly dominant flavor.

$35?