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• trumpet60201 Likes this wine: 90 points

  December 5, 2022 - 5th of 12. 2 years since my last note, although apparently I consumed a bottle last year, but I don't have any record of it. Pnp tonight, but I think a decant would have been helpful. I don't think this has changed much in 2 years. This has loads of tasty sweet fruit, but some astringency present as well. Definitely some oak on this (disregard my last note on that issue), but the oak is nice and subtle. This still has massive tannins that need time to integrate. The finish is fairly long, but a bit drying. The fruit is overripe for my taste (on the nose and palate), and the alcohol is too high and lingers on the finish.

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• Everything Ahead commented:

  12/5/22, 7:09 PM - Nice note, thanks for the check-in. I think this wine will definitely be nicer in a few more years, and that's when I'll dig into my stash. But in general I am gravitating away from these high alcohol CDPs and back to more structured Bordeaux ...

• trumpet60201 commented:

  12/6/22, 9:23 AM - Thanks for the comment - I am doing the same (gravitating toward the lower abv wines, especially Bordeaux these days). I still enjoyed drinking this last night, but I'm not sure I'll keep putting wines like this in my cellar.

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