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Friday, June 11, 2010 - San Antonio Wine Geeks - Leoville Barton Vertical (Steve's house): From 375ml, decanted 3hrs and slow O’ed 12hrs, then re-corked. Wow, strikingly different than everything else so far. Dense and dark in the glass. Big expressive nose of vanilla crème and espresso, with blackberries and currants. Big palate, with tons of fruit up front—blackberries, black cherry, currants and even a little boysenberry present. Huge tannins in the background and no sense of heat. Really holds on the palate with the finish showing some milk chocolate, cedar box, and earth. Very enjoyable now, but well balanced and surprising how easy this is to drink with the heavy tannins. Quite balanced. Stylistically unlike everything else and blind, I would have guessed Napa cab.

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