I've been trying to find the cepage of the Francis Coppola Black Label Claret 2005 online for long enough to lose interest. If I had a gun pointed at my head, I'd say 40% Cabernet, 30% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 10% Malbec and 5% Petit Verdot, but paradoxically, Malbec and Petit Verdot present the most noticeable grape profiles, if the texture isn't more aligned with Merlot. The mouthfeel of this wine is cetainly silkily tannic.. The nose is stewed red plums and applewood-smoked bacon, while the palate is leather-jacket, mocha and black cherry. At 13.5% alchohol, this wine still has a fruit and heat that would distinguish it from a Bordeaux Claret. The closest Bordeaux style would be that of Margaux, but this wine has an impudent acidic finish that is unmistakeably New World. The green notes of green pepper and mint, and the violet floral notes make this a layered wine, but it's still the fruit that floats it, so impudent you'd almost wish for more oak, which isn't common where I'm concerned.