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Saturday, December 3, 2016 - A long Sunday lunch at Noble Rot (Wellington, NZ): Darker, deeper colour than the Bonnes Mares. A beautiful but subdued, musky, spicy, dark fruited nose, with a top note of violets. Elegant with a little iron austerity, next to the more expressive Bonnes Mares. Pristine, pure, tight and young on palate. Full bodied and dark berried with that iron austerity at its core. Lovely acidity and good persistence and length. Unctuous and rich. I thought that the wine was, at present, a little monolithic. Tasters described the oak as a little "resiny" or "varnishy", while I thought it only a little over-prominent, yet to more fully integrate. People guessed the wine as a 2002, this is no skinny 2007. I thought it had all of the components and outstanding potential to be a great wine (hold for 5-7+ more years).

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