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Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - level lowermost neck, cork good but still broke, decanted 2 hours, only little sediment, colour nearly opaque black-red with only slight brown rim, lovely complex fine but concentrated nose, classic Paulliac cedar cigar-box, graphite and forest floor, some cassis or blackberry, great structured and concentrated palate with real depth and richness, very good length and balance, quite dry at the finish, persistent aftertaste goes on for minutes, another really top ‘86 at its peak with lovely interplay between fruit and austere acidic/tannic structure, this is on its plateau but will hold there for ages, excellent (13%, which was at the high end for those days, possibly picked relatively late, which in ‘86 might have been an advantage).

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