From magnum, opened a couple hours beforehand without decant.
Beautiful nose, deep and full of fruit hinting at the darker stuff within. Very well-balanced and not monstrously complex but has both sides on the coin: pure fruit vs savory secondary elements.
Very nice. Curious to see how the remnant of this bottle plays in a few days.
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92 points - Decanted for 3 hours and enjoyed with a NY strip. Cassis and pencil lead. Very nicely balanced at this point between fruit and earth-tones. Hard to say if this is at its peak but it doesn’t seem far off
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Really needs time to open up but worth the wait! Opened 1 1/2 hrs before drinking. Starts a little muted with deep black fruits, some forest floor, & raspberry. Over the next couple of hours really blossomed. A little chocolate, plum, black raspberry.
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3/21/2024 - rjf@rjfinlay.com wrote:
Drink now. Share with Jaffer!
Maybe a flight tasting of all the vintages with friends.
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12/25/2023 - zanksta Likes this wine:
From magnum, opened a couple hours beforehand without decant.
Beautiful nose, deep and full of fruit hinting at the darker stuff within. Very well-balanced and not monstrously complex but has both sides on the coin: pure fruit vs savory secondary elements.
Very nice. Curious to see how the remnant of this bottle plays in a few days.
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10/2/2022 - StoffyVino Likes this wine: 92 Points
92 points - Decanted for 3 hours and enjoyed with a NY strip. Cassis and pencil lead. Very nicely balanced at this point between fruit and earth-tones. Hard to say if this is at its peak but it doesn’t seem far off
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1/9/2022 - Thomas B Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really needs time to open up but worth the wait!
Opened 1 1/2 hrs before drinking. Starts a little muted with deep black fruits, some forest floor, & raspberry. Over the next couple of hours really blossomed. A little chocolate, plum, black raspberry.
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1/3/2022 - MichielV wrote: 89 Points
W whole duck - maybe it was the meal but this was nice but not expected from Chappellet with 10 yra on it. Bit flat in many respects.
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