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Thursday, November 14, 2019 - Absolutely lovely. This is great stuff. Not very different from my previous note.
Very closed, but still enjoyable on day one, after a double decant.
It really started to shine on day 3. I left it in the bottle with a normal cork (i.e. not a vacuum cork). The tannins really toned down. TN is on day 3.
Even though this is 10 years old, it is still opaque, only ever so slightly displaying a dark red rim on the edge, the rest is purple.
The nose gives a whiff of violets, deep sweet red fruit and some wood.
On the palate still tight, but displaying a lot of beauty. Again red fruit and not overly sweet. Usually in VPs, the alcohol can be quite over powering, especially when young. Here, that isn’t the case. Also medicinal notes (typical in a young VP), plenty of sweet plums and some earthy flavours too.
I enjoyed a 2003 at 8 years old and I remember the tightness and the nose of pencil shavings. Much more closed. The 2009 is much more enjoyable at young age, but I think they both have excellent ageing potential.

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