Community Tasting Note
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godx wrote: 90 points
November 19, 2011 - Dinner at Matt and Francesca’s (Vancouver, BC): Slow-O’d for 4 hours then decanted 2 hours prior to serving. Nose was quite expressive right from the get-go with youthful and deep notes of coffee grinds, toasty oak and a ton of dark fruits. In the mouth this masculine, concentrated and youthful and with more black fruits and cedar notes with hints of pepper. There’s a ton of structure with firm yet powdery tannins and lots of acid. Overall this is very well balance and shows a great deal of potential but lacks Bordeaux typicity at this point. As it sat in the glass it continued to improve and gain complexity and depth on the nose but I found the palate tightening up. Young, dark and tannic but surprisingly gave quite a bit of pleasure tonight even while being drank alongside the beautiful ’90 Barton. I’ll try another in 5-7 years. Excellent. 90+
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