The Merlot-dominated 2019 Clos de Betz shows a brilliant magenta rim leading to a dark ruby core.  The aromatic acrobatics shout Merlot: black and red cherries, pomegranate, fresh herbs and cocoa powder leap from the glass, with leather, tobacco, sage and emerging with air. The palate is characteristically weighty and dense while also displaying the precision and detail of the vintage.  Flavors of black and red raspberry, dark plum, black licorice and candied orange sail into a long-lived and mouthwatering finish with great mineral tension. This Clos de Betz manages to combine elegance, intensity and vibrancy into a succulent package for a wine so young, but will still offer 10+ years of marvelous drinking.