Community Tasting Note

tomandlu wrote:

Friday, April 12, 2024 - Decanted about 2 hours before starting to drink and consumed over about an additional 3 hours. The cork was saturated to the top and fell into the bottle when I tried to remove it but was perfectly intact. Bottle fill was bottom of the neck with no sign of seepage.

Virtually opaque bloody garnet color with only a hint of fading right at the rim. Upon decanting there was a soaring, complex nose of tobacco, cedar, ripe black currants and plums, some Asian five-spice, and an earthiness that I always associate with Bordeaux. The nose staid constant for about 3 hours and then faded a bit.

The palate was nearly as complex as the nose with soft tannins and ample fruit providing a lovely, balanced, elegant, even aristocratic, mouth-filling experience. The palate impression started to dry out at about the 2-hour market but remained balanced and pleasant. The finish was deep and fruity and remained that way throughout the evening without ever drying, just getting less complex.

All in all this was everything I hoped for in this wine. It was a simply classic, complex, Pauillac at the peak or slightly past optimal drinking. I would love to have served this to someone unexperienced with classic older Bordeaux to show them what proper aging can do. Purchased within two years of release and stored in my cellar since.

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