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Sunday, March 22, 2020 - Only the 3rd bottle I've tried from the 2000 vintage, but I must say pretty much across the board I've been impressed. This was still very young. Excellent fill level and the cork was only saturated about 20% of the way up. The color was still quite opaque with just a hint of clearing at the rim. The nose initially was huge with cassis, blueberry, blackcurrant, and lots of oak spice. With air, the oak spice mitigated and this became more complex showing leather, violet, damp earth, tobacco, and just a hint of sweet spice. The palate was rich and decadent; mouth filling and yet still had a jolt of energy to lift it. A long lingering finish of sweet cassis. This bottle was excellent and based on this showing, this has at least another 10-15 years as to me, this was barely even into maturity.

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