Community Tasting Note
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Steve Brickley Likes this wine: 95 points
February 11, 2017 - Pig pen forest floor all over the nose. Inhale pepper spice. Slight sweet fruits remain. Stunning cab franc delivery. Chalky, chewy, subtle. This is chinon at its best. Excellent. This has at least five years (2022+) of lovely drinking, probably more. Wow.
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J3r0me H@n commented:
2/20/17, 2:53 PM - Over how long did you drink this? Decant?
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Steve Brickley commented:
2/20/17, 8:06 PM - No decant and it was ready right away. We had it over a two hour period. This was my third one of these and all were ready right away. Let me know if you decant and if you taste improvement. Enjoy.
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J3r0me H@n commented:
2/20/17, 10:02 PM - I decanted and saw more and more red berry fruit with a balancing acid come out as we passed the two hour mark in the decanter. It was one of those eye-opening bottles for me.
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Steve Brickley commented:
2/20/17, 10:22 PM - Wonderful. Glad it went well. I have four left so I'll report back some other time. I really enjoy the Picasses.