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2001 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
5/4/2024 - Ibetian wrote: 95 Points
Decanted about an hour before dinner. At its best about two hours after opening.
Big, ripe rich fruit still at age 23. No reason to hold these longer, but not at all in decline either. I’d guess that we’ll-stored bottles of this will still be drinking well 10 years from now and it will probably last much longer than that.
My last bottle of SHS.
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2000 Château Margaux
5/1/2024 - Ibetian wrote: 95 Points
Opened 5 hours before dinner. Small taste suggested less closed than prior bottles, so just left open on counter until double decanting an hour before heading to restaurant.
This drank very well, with the complexity you expect from a FG. Elegant, well balanced. A pleasure to drink and share with friends
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2005 Château Larcis Ducasse
4/29/2024 - Ibetian wrote:
Decanted 2 hours before dinner. Cork broke, but trusty Durand got it out. Nose a bit off putting on opening, but blew off nicely with time. P 92. I thought a bit better, especially last glass. Very good but not exceptional, as RP rated.
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