Community Tasting Note

Monday, February 20, 2023 - Two separate notes here:

Day 1: Everything is separated; the structure, the tannins, the acidity, the fruit, everything is on its own, like an every man for himself attitude, and quite strong tannins. But wow, when all this is in place, behold. We opened this late into the evening, and to paraphrase a CT friend, as happens towards the end of any good evening of wine and food, there's always someone who goes and grabs a great bottle out of the cellar when there's no time to decant.! And so, this was me tonight. After the sheer shock of the structure, we decided to fridge slow ox the remaining 1/2 bottle for a few days before trying again.

Day 3: after a slow ox of 1/2 bottle in fridge. Gentle but powerful nose with a silky earthy musky radish chocolate aspect to it. The nose is almost worth the price of admission alone. Heavier than Mouton even if it was aged equally. The structure has come together, with a wonderful array of pure fruit, earthiness, mushroom, oak, silky tannins and anything else your palate might throw in there for good measure. This is simply a stunning wine that will be on full force 5-10 years from now. Can't wait to live that long to try it again. We've had several 2019 Bordeaux and this seems to be a trend; tightly wound wines with insane purity of fruit and tightly knit structure that portends great things to come for those hardened enough to wait.! 98 on potential.

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