Friday, December 25, 2009 - The wine has good nose and fruit concentration. Not over-powered but yet not really elegant in style. I would say it is somewhat between musculine and finesse style. Really a good Bordeaux but unfortunately nothing that really excite me. BTW, while 1996 is generally being regarded as a very good vintage in Bordeaux, I hardly find a bottle of 1996 Bordeaux that I found them really good. In contrast, I have much better experience with Bordeaux 2000 even though both vintages were rated by Parker as 96 for St. Julien, Pauillac and St. Estephe.
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