Community Tasting Note

godx wrote:

Monday, August 13, 2012 - Dinner at Doyle & Lesley's (Vancouver, BC): Dark ruby colour (looked like a barrel sample). Not only did this look incredibly youthful, it smelt and tasted like a barrel sample. Nose was fairly pronounced with ripe, rich and dark plums, berries, blackberries and hints of cedar and chocolate. There was also some alcohol coming through on the nose. On the palate this was enormous: full bodied, rich, opulent and intense with palate staining blackberry, plum and tobacco flavours. There’s adequate acidity with round and dense tannins and the finish is extremely long. The mouthfeel is velvety and rich but doesn’t come across heavy or overblown even though there isn’t a ton of acid. I’d say this wine is at least 10 years away from primetime drinking but getting to taste it today was a real treat. It’s hard for me to evaluate this as it’s clearly an exceptional bottle of Bordeaux but so much of its greatness has yet to come. I can see this being in the mid to high 90s one day, but today it’s 'only' a 93 pointer. Outstanding. 93+

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