Community Tasting Note

Cailles wrote:

Sunday, April 24, 2022 - 48x 1990 (37x Bdx, 6x Napa, 5x others): This is my first time crossing path with this St. Emilion legend and it did not disappoint. At first it didn‘t show as spectacular, drinking probably on a 94 pts level but with time this started singing. Extraordinary concentration and substance, high precision and a fine structure (although not the same level of finesse as the best right banks). This is a rather Napa-esque expression of Bordeaux, a foreshadowing of the things coming in the years after but still on the elegant side. A hedonistic winner.

TN: Medium- expressive nose, lots of minerality and herbs with the fruit rather being in the background. Not much tertiary aromas on the nose. On the palate this much younger than the Angelus, with so much tension, soft but not yet fully melted tannins, good acidity, mostly fruit-driven, with minerality, herbs but with not much more. But with time in the glass the wines opens up, gains concentration, complexity (with some hints of tertiary aromas and layers of coffee, chocolate notes) and it gets rounder and creamier. Long lingering finish, impeccable balance from start to finish.

Decanting: Quick double decant roughly 3 hours before the tasting which was not quite enough. This bottle would have needed two, three hours in the decanter.

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