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Friday, April 6, 2018 - Head to head tasting in comparison with the 97 Claret Prestige from the same winery. The corks are very delicate, fractured needed an Ah-so to extract. At opening the wines taste appropriate to their age, like old bdx. Decanted for an hour before note-taking.

Soft old leather nose, not super expressive. On the palate, great raspberry tart cherries, still some chewy tannins, acid and dirty roughness on the finish. Dry and austere, but overall pretty impressive, complex and tasting younger than 30 years. I scored it based on its academic interest, but longer time in the decanter made this drier, less fruity, and expressing more acid and tannin. This tasted best in the first 1-2h after opening.

Pumped down overnight. This has devolved on Day 2, we are left with a dry lifeless husk with acid and some tannins. Perhaps drinkable by my grad students but for me at this stage why bother. This is a wine in decline. Pop the cork, wait a few minutes, and enjoy. Air only made this bottle taste less tasty.

Glad I tried it but I don't feel compelled to seek out more bottles when there are more approachable (to me) selections from this winery.

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