Community Tasting Note

palfr2 wrote:

Sunday, February 18, 2024 - From own cellar - to me this drinks right in the full maturity window of a well-aged left banker. At 12.5% ABV this exhibits a freshness one is not finding in the Bdx post 2000. In terms of palate presence and impact this is closer to a present-day Burg. Lots of forest floor, notes of decay, mushroom, cedar and old library smell on the nose. Some tobacco and faint green notes too. None is front and center and eclipsing other, this is all interwoven and rather restrained prompting one to pay close attention. The palate is commendable for its freshness, reasonable breadth around cool red/blue fruit extending to medium finish. OK, this does not have the layering of a good 2nd Growth let alone a 1st growth.However this goes for a small fraction of the price and lets you see fine nuances aside what a quality mature left banker evolves into after 30+ years and at peak. Hard to see this falling off a cliff but this likely will not gain from further aging.

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