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Saturday, September 16, 2023 - An interesting very complex and exquisite wine. This is not a wine to take to an event and pop and pour. It requires lengthy coaxing otherwise you are wasting your time. The nose in absolutely stunning with deep dark blue fruit pencil shavings and everything you would expect in good paulliac. Initially the wine is backward bizarre with a streak of green or brett that was outright nasty. After 5 hours in the open bottle in the cellar, the magic starts to happen. The green evaporates and a deep concentrated potpourri of blue fruit, leather, cigar box, pencil shavings, lead coat your mouth. The finish is long 45-60 seconds and just keeps making you want to come back for more. Amazingly enough this wine is still in its youth with a long trajectory ahead. The only thing missing was more balance. Perhaps with time it settles down more and that would undoubtedly make it a 100 pointer. One side note, fill level was top shoulder and the cork was completely soaked with lots of mold on the top which gave me cause for concern but clearly didn’t change the outcome. Final glass on day 2 was equally as good, maybe better. More round balanced and everything in harmony. This wine will age well for decades.

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