2010 Château Feytit-Lagrave, France, Bordeaux, Pomerol, Wine Review

This is a blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc from Bordeaux.  The vintage, 2010, wasa great vintage but it is taking those wines a long time to develop.  Purple in color with a ruby rim, opaque and bright.  The nose is tight but with a bit of air opens to show black cherries, a note of celery, slight chocolate, and slight cigar tobacco.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  An interesting "jelly-like" texture.  On the palate, flavors of black cherries with a hint of cocoa.  This seems to need more time or a long decant.  That said, it probably needs to be consumed in the next five to ten years.  Better with food.  This needs a fatty steak or Prime Rib.