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Saturday, February 10, 2024 - This bottle is from a batch of several dozen bought 16 years ago from the winery and cellared commercially. This is 17th year of drinking this wine. There was a retreat at 5 years old scoring 86 and then it peaked with a score of 96 at 13 years old. Then, it retreated again scoring 88 when it was 16 but has gloriously re-emerged. As to what it will do from here -who knows? At this stage there are no signs of decrepitude. It's siblings 2008 and 2010 are far more boring having improved predictable with age a couple of points so far.
This wine has a rare quality of sense of deep silence in the bouquet, a very abstract but real phenomena. I have noticed the same in St Julien wines such as Leoville Barton and Leoville Las Cases and in a Rugiens from Pommard I had recently. I watched a movie called Back to Burgundy (2017) where the comment was made that their Rugiens was "peaceful".
Appearance: Deep garnet. Near opaque core. Red colored copious legs.
Bouquet: Aged predominantly. Black cherries. Chocolate coconut (Cherry Ripe) nutmeg. Cinnamon. mint tomato vine Olives. Dirty water. Tobacco. Hessian bag. Milk Coffee. Eucalyptus.
Palate
Full bodied. Integrated. Soft mouth feel. Balanced. Elegant. Opulent. Mod to high tannins. Good length. Flavors reflect aroma.
Personality: Feminine introverted with a sense of deep silence
Technical: Slight closed at opening. Best at 45 mins. Riedel Bordeaux glasses. Drinking temperature on first pour 13 to 17 deg C. No signs of over age.

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