March 16, 2024 - Pop and pour at El Ideas. Would have guessed this was at least 10 years younger based on color and nose. Drinking beautifully but nowhere near the end of its life.
March 9, 2024 - Mid ruby tending to full garnet. Rich nose, dark red fruit, mulberry and damson with a meatiness and almost, but not quite, touch of soy. Properly GC weight and densely velvety texture, opulent and plush without being de trop. Very full and satisfying, though perhaps not overly complex. Cosseting. ****
February 20, 2024 - Slightly darker colour than the clavelier combe d’orveaux served alongside. Sweet fruit, red and purple and very in your face. Supple through the finish. Cool fruit profile. Voluptuous, rich and forward.
June 21, 2023 - Very accessible with dominant floral perfume, dark red fruit, jungle berries, vanilla, woody, classic with delineated fruit aromatics. Very good. 93
June 11, 2022 - Very good now. Lovely nose. A little earthy.
April 19, 2020 - Received as a gift shortly after release. This had taken on much more weight than previous bottles and had developed lovely mature Burgundy flavours, truffles and autumn leaves, fine structure and good length. early days for Pascal Marchand but a lovely success.
September 6, 2019 - Lunch at The Ledbury with Andrew and Fletcher. Bright, medium ruby/garnet. Bright nose, quite youthful, melange of red and black fruit, liquorice, touch of sesame seed. Very complex. Medium/full bodied, liquoricey red fruit, light crunchy tannins, excellent depth, lovely vibrant acidity, very long. Outstanding, drinkable now but with plenty left in the tank.
May 26, 2018 - Stemmy, long and concentrated. Surprising.
October 5, 2017 - Quite big, earthy
May 28, 2017 - Drinking beautifully now, but has the balance to run another 5 years. Well integrated, dark fruit, seamless.