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Monday, June 26, 2017 - While the '02 Truffiers is more about a sense of terroir, this seems more massively layered, but did not come across unbalanced at all, which seems quite a feat given the high acidity still. Upon opening the nose was a bit muted with dark cherry, earth and plums on the palate and an extremely long finish, I frankly lost count... Over time the layers moved around in intensity: burnt earth, morelo cherry, raspberry compote, dark chocolate, bitter chocolate, plum and a hint of the salinity more apparent in the '02 and other wines from this producer. After several hours some of the complexity faded but the wine was even punchier with Oriental plum sauce notes, dark chocolate and a nose of scorched earth not unlike some of the wines I have tried from Vega Sicilia. At nearly 15 years of age, the wine is showing little ageing and is a pleasure to drink with robust food, just too massive by itself. Patience is probably in order here. 93-94 now, easily 95-96 in 5-10 years when everything is more settled and less primary.

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