Community Tasting Note

englishman's claret wrote:

Thursday, November 30, 2023 - Tasting from barrel is always great fun and though this note can't possibly be specific to what the final product will be, I can say that each of the varietals in 2023 is showing beautifully and characterfully. Two Cabernets tasted, both cassis-filled, one slightly racy and spicy, the other more solidly round. The Merlot is delicious and promises to make a classically sumptuous Léoville Poyferré (though I worry about using the word sumptuous; there's flesh but not fat or alcohol). From the Cabernet Franc you've got a racy, spicy element and from the Petit Verdot a rich, purple/blue-fruited, broad-shouldered nature with a little clove in the mouth. I look forward to tasting these post-assemblage, but I can tell you that the constituent parts are very enjoyable and classically-hewn this year.

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