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essenceofreal wrote:

Friday, October 27, 2023 - After an hr decant started to open. 92 pts

Nice but nothing special, no wow factor.

Good balance, in a decent window for consumption.

Some nice Pessac character. Longish lingering sort of finish.

May be better with a longer decant, hope so. Lacks complexity.

After 2 hr decant showed improvement. Maybe up to 93.

Has some truffle which I like. Compared Reidel v Zalto for stemware. Reidel glass tasted more mature and balanced. Zalto more energy at first then it started to fade on the finish.

Overall I stil prefer larger Reidel over Zalto, been a consistent result w BDX

OK next day....yep much better. Up another notch. Way smoother, more velvety and gained weight. Great balance now, was missing before. Saved half the bottle as felt it was holding back. Good choice as next day some Haut Brion characteristics appearing and up a notch in quality. Probably could have decanted but as only 2 glasses we quaffed it down. Will buy more and next time decant 4 hrs or more. Great QPR

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