For those looking for that quintessential Bordeaux character of blackcurrant and cedar, which always reminds me of an empty cigar box, and rich, ripe roundness, it is worth casting your net further.

WSJ: Will Lyons on Wine: Journeying Into the Heart of Bordeaux

While waiting to hop the next northbound freight, hoboes carved notches into wooden cigar box panels and nailed them in layers.

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