Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Sunday, January 13, 2013 - HM's Bruno Clair SLB 1er Cru La Dominode Vertical + Other Gems (Absinthe, Boat Quay): Excellent as always, I liked this a little more than the 2000 Henri Giraud Fut de Chene that we had alongside. Although amongst the more developed bottles of 2002 DP that I have had, this clearly had a fresher nose than the Giraud, with nice little wafts of exotic spice and bready notes of brioche and cream floating around a fruitier core of apples and pears, with a good touch of earthiness trailing on behind – a very assertive, expressive bouquet, quite different from some previous bottles. I liked it. The palate was very good indeed, with a nice depth to its rather straightforward, but powerful flavours of apples and lemons, wed to a solid, minerally spine. Very clean cut, very focused, all the way into a long, mouth-clinging finish where some sprinkles of exotic spice emerged again. Really nice stuff – still tremendously young, but I like the way these have been growing in the bottle. While quite pleasurable now, I will be keeping my own bottles for a good 6-7 more years at very least.

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