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Friday, February 24, 2023 - Retail $65. Heavy bottle. Under DIAM30. 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec. When I tried this three weeks ago for a similar tasting event at my humble abode, I loved it. I still do, to no surprise. Dark, but not brooding in th glass with a panoply of black and blue fruit: blackberry, plum, cassis. While the fruit is certainly intense and at the front, there is also considerable spice behind it. Whoa. The palate follows suit as it is initially all about the fruit, so much so that it comes off as a bit round, even on the verge of flabby, but the acidity comes roaring in on the mid-palate. With. A. Vengeance. Whoa. This is wonderful now, with the tannins mostly integrated, but this will likely continue to evolve over the next 3, 5, 10 (?) years. Whoa.

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