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• Marc wrote: 93 points

  August 10, 2014 - Dinner in Normandale (Normandale, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand): Very ripe and quite un-evolved (for its age). Visually the wine has only made slight concessions to its 24 years and the bouquet is opulent, slightly gamey and has a significant merlot component. Tasted right after the 1990 La Mission Haut Brion, this came across as rather new world and whilst impressive, ever so slightly monolithic at this stage. The intensity and length of the wine are not in question and I certainly hope that with further time in the bottle, this will achieve resolution. If this happens, I would want to score it higher, but for now 93+ points, based on hopeful potential.

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