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Sunday, June 14, 2020 - Nose: [57°] Beautiful, pure forest floor with clean deep soil, brooding and pleasant undergrowth, clean tree branches, dark red and black fruits, dark colored flowers, a soft and hidden spice and something I can only describe as medicinal (in a good way but also blows off with time). [64°] The fruits lighten just a touch, showing it's great purity and has a pleasant scent of tea (how??). There was also either a campfire that was put out or some smoked meat that showed earlier but with some time shows up for sure. The earthy, undergrowth grows a bit of depth showing a bit of a nice forest funk.

Palate: [60°] Black and red cherries, pleasant raspberries and cranberries, spiced tree bark, deep dark earth, savory dark minerals like graphite and river rocks. [67°] With some time, gentle steeped tea shows up, tree leaves and the fruits turn dark.

Attributes: Clear, dark medium ruby. Dry with low amounts of slightly chewy tannin. Medium-minus to medium body with medium to medium-plus acidity (seems to give it some weight). Amazing finish of about 26-28 seconds.

Thoughts: I've never had a Burgundy like this before.. this is beautiful, powerful (not in like a Napa sense but in a completely different way in its own class), classy and sophisticated. There is this juiciness and energy that holds throughout the entire time without being overdone.. often times I've experience acidity that's just a bit too much. The other notes seems to take advantage of this good energy (the fruits, earth, minerals, etc.) making it come across very clean and pure. Approachable straight out of the bottle and gets better with air time. This is young as the prickly juiciness and energy indicates (and obviously the vintage) but still very enjoyable (might be personal preference there). This has a great life ahead of it. It's about 3.5 hours in and I don't get that taste of that it's been sitting out at all. This is enjoyable now and can develop easily at least up to a decade. I curse my low capacity wine storage.. if anyone has any recommendations for a wine cellar that can hold about 100-150, please let me know. 97+

Other notes: Burgundy glass. Slow-ox'ed in bottle for the duration of consumption of 4 hours. Don't think you need to air it out here, take your time and enjoy the scenic route!

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