Community Tasting Note

Xavier Auerbach wrote:

Friday, March 10, 2023 - Fourth bottle from a half case purchased at auction in 2010. I'm on the fence about this bottle. At 18 years of age it is almost preternaturally fresh and youthful, no doubt sustained by its acidity and (still pretty fierce tannins). It isn't until the second day that some evolution becomes apparent. Stylistically it is pure, precise and transparent, and it would be elegant if it didn't have these grainy tannins. There is a lot of lift on the nose - a bit too much in fact, the level of volatile acidity is very high, and the finish sometimes seems to turn slightly acetic. I don't think that this is technically correct, so I will not rate it.

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