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Sunday, July 14, 2013 - Finally getting round to noting this somewhat controversial wine after a little confidence boost from Fu. First thing I did was look for flaws. Nope, sound. As Fu said, showing painfully young. Lots of perfume to the fresh berry fruit, pretty high toned at the start but mellowed out after only 10-20 minutes and no longer shrill. Plenty of white pepper to go along with the tart fruit and meaty tones, but this is really showing pretty light and has a boatload of drying tannin on the finish. Textbook so far and I had a hunch so corked 1/2 and fridged it 24 hours. Day two- The acidity has integrated and the perfumed fruit is now juicy blackberries, tart cherries, more juicy fruits(!), with a midpalate that has fleshed out brilliantly with additional weight and spice notes. Now showing classic green olive, still strong structure, with a re-emergence of the perfume on the finish. This is outstanding with still decent length although still drying, needs some munchies. Sweet redemption, so relieving!

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