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Monday, May 15, 2023 - Drank it too young, but it’s still magestic now. Ended up decanting 3-4 hours but it was approachable out of the bottle.

Has all the usual Bordeaux suspects: dark fruit, graphite, leather, balanced with a licoricey freshness. But: oh wow. Everything is perfectly aligned at 98%. Nothing clipping or going off scale, and nothing missing. Massive power perfectly composed and aligned and balanced. Serious and also accessible. Gorgeous rich but not heavy texture. A velvet glove inside another velvet glove inside another velvet glove.

I debated about 99 vs 100. The argument for 99 was that it’s not exactly a wow, and that it will for sure improve with age. The argument for 100 is that it’s a whoa, and it’s already plenty great. So I went with that. Looking forward to seeing it again in a few years. I can’t exactly imagine how it will improve — it’s already completely integrated. I suppose I could imagine opening up a bit.

Oh and the tannins: super fine and quite noticeable on your teeth.

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