Community Tasting Note

mathwonk wrote:

Thursday, March 14, 2024 - very satisfying. rich and powerful, good from the get go, and got progressively better. I was worried for a while as the bitter aspects threatened to outweigh the fruity ones, but after several hours, it smoothed out and became quite delightful, having started out strong and alcoholic.
so don't drink it all before it reaches its best, as that is a temptation and risk.

of course, if you have not had these, I do not recommend it as really "worth" the $300+ that it costs [but see edit below], but knowing that, if you are willing to spring for that price anyway, I think you will be satisfied, which I myself was definitely not with the 2009.

A friend recommended instead a Bevan or Blankiet, but I have not tried those, which cost a bit less. After drinking this, and reading reviews here, I suspect I may not agree, but must suspend judgment until I have those.

edit: one night later; after last night's Dominus, an attempt to scale back is a failure. Tonight's Lopez Heredia 2008, is barely drinkable, light and lacking in depth or interest. It begins as tasty but quickly becomes tiresomely sweet. By contrast, the entire bottle of Dominus went down easily.

cheers.

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