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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - A good condition bottle with level in the neck bought in auction a year or so ago. Decanted at home and funnelled back into the cleaned bottle (reusing the previous nights 09 Dom Chevalier cork) to take to the restaurant to take advantage of no corkage charges on a Monday. More of an excuse really to meet up with Paul who would appreciate the wine. Lots of thick sediment left behind. Cork was in good condition for its age, although broke at the bottom. In 1994 I had a bottle and wrote 'massive fruit, closed, long, all potential. Will be 5/5 from 2010.' Now at twice the age the nose was complex and changed over time, from fruit to oak, a touch of barnyard at one point then anise and finally violets. Medium bodied and tannins as smooth as silk. A wine you could drink by the pint! Good finish. Fully mature. Well kept bottles will still be good for a decade.

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