Community Tasting Note

SimonG wrote:

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - Deep ruby, cherry to the core and a touch of garnet to the rim. Dense and dark cherry on the nose alongside some vanilla and spice. Deep and brooding. This has hardly moved on from my last bottle seven years ago. Dense for a 2000. Still has quite a firm structure with a finely tannic finish. Feels years from maturity. ***(*1/2) Well, it held over the best part of four hours without any sign of tightening, the vanilla fading and the dense fruit being joined by a smoky and densely meaty element. In fairness it probably would have been even better with food rather than on its own, but it’s impressive stuff, especially for the vintage. I think my only concern would be whether the fruit holds out against the structure in another decade or so. I think it will, but the thought crossed my mind nonetheless.

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