Thursday, May 7, 2020 - First third of the bottle was out of sommelier stems, which gave the wine a slightly BRIEFR but more polished finish than regular stems.
Nearly 2 hours later we are back on the standard stems; these notes are from then.
Dark rich fruit on the nose, little vanilla, glycerin black pepper and alcohol. Well balanced on the palate; still gobs of fruit - to a shocking degree for a 2010 - with a elegant, polished finish.
Finish lasts for 20+ seconds. This is still good for several more years and is an outstanding wine from the vintage. Arguably it’s even a better QPR vs recent vintages when they’ve jacked the price up to 325 a bottle.