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Sunday, July 17, 2016 - Sunday Lunch at Friends (Their House, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong): My first from a case bought En Primeur after tasting 70 barrel sample wines and it coming 2nd (to Ch. Pavie). Double-decanted for 2 hours then fully decanted for another hour. Deep plush and opaque ruby colour just lightening to transparency at the edges. Nose is ....oh, gosh....earth and very linear graphite, white chocolate, cardamon dust and other Indian spices.....very alluring and open. The spices became pleasingly more prevalent with entended time in the glass in that classic Cos D'Estournel signature. Palate is velvet-smooth, with super acidic freshness on entry then a wave of deep, complex and really resonant and reverberant fruit - blackcurrant, blackberry and redcurrant yet all so integrated with the oak. The spices from the nose emerged more on the palate with time in the glass to add to the complexity. Very more-ish and contemplative. Huge length. A fantastic lunch wine over rare-grilled steak and salad. A more complete wine than the Pontet Canet 2000 we drank alongside it. This is a perfect claret in many ways.

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