January 28, 2024 - Still has life in it. Was great!
December 2, 2023 - Lovely after all these years
March 19, 2023 - Luscious. Velvet
August 7, 2020 - Amazingly energetic! This gem was already in the prime drinking window. Everything was so balanced. You can find chocolate and earthiness in the nose, and licorice, chocolate, blue fruits,and dry herbs on the palate. The lasting was not a long long one but good enough. This art piece can easily shadow other big names including big names in Bordeaux or any other places.
December 21, 2019 - told by my wife this was very good (wasn't home when it was had)
January 2, 2018 - this was dark and brooding, and maybe had a taint to it?? wasn't unpleasant per se but not as good as before and as I was expecting... bigger with a little off-oomph to it
March 9, 2017 - Delicious, concentrated wine. Not much tannic structure left in this bottle but good nonetheless.
August 10, 2016 - Absolutely fabulous, perfectly balanced, young body and perfectly integrated.
June 20, 2016 - Popped and poured with escargot and Chateaubriand. At first soft and approachable, very light tannin and not much acid. Developed over two hours and some bolder fruit emerged. I suggest a one-hour decant if you want to get right to the peak, but it does develop interestingly if you want to pop and pour. I hate when the last sip is the best!
May 7, 2016 - decanted in the AM for two hours and back in bottle, had with dinner, this was edgy at first, big wine -- in other words lots of material, acid, some tannin -- not big in the sense of over-extracted, deep cherries, big acid, secondary flavors kicking in, a big mouthfull of flavor but elegant mouthfeel, I am thinking this wine needs 5-7 years of further sleep, having now on night two and same thing... age is critical here, and if it keeps / adds a slight touch of sweetness to balance the acidity then it will be 95 pts easy