Community Tasting Note

pavel_p wrote:

Monday, December 31, 2012 - After the excellent 95 Pape the other day, I was curious to dry the 96. 60 min decant and followed over 5h. Garnet with a very thin transparent rim. Beautiful nose with earth, dark fruit, some toasted oak, crispy bacon and animal notes. The palate does not entirely measure up to the nose, and lets the wine also fall slightly behind the great 95 in my eyes. Palate seems a little watered down. After about 2h in the decanter there are fine tannins appearing on the mid-palate and the medium finish.
Would think one can still wait for a year or two for the tannins to further soften, on the other hand the last drops of the wine 5h after opening were slightly oxidized, so don't hold too long...

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