Magenta in the glass with long legs that take more than a minute to run down. Very dense and concentrated with nice gripping tannins and a tart acidity that pierces the tongue.
Plum, blueberry, tobacco, cedar & spice on the palate this is a well-structured wine that's balanced, fresh and invigorating.
If drinking now a decant of 60-90 minutes is necessary (perhaps longer), but the reward is there if you have patience to hold another 2-5 years for everything to come together when it will be magnificent.
92+ right now with the decant; 94+ in the future. Excellent Pauillac for the $$$ that punches above its weight class. I think I got this at Costco for around $40 and at that price it's a steal. I will buy more of these to stash away until 2026-2029.
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This was really really good. Lots of intense waves of fruit with high extraction. Still quite a bit of oak to shed (blinded, I thought it was a 19) but rich and polished like a Lynch Bages or Mouton. Good slate minerals, too. Impressive and this will live a very long time.
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5/8/2024 - DBenke wrote: 92 Points
Drinking very nice
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1/15/2024 - brennan18 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Magenta in the glass with long legs that take more than a minute to run down. Very dense and concentrated with nice gripping tannins and a tart acidity that pierces the tongue.
Plum, blueberry, tobacco, cedar & spice on the palate this is a well-structured wine that's balanced, fresh and invigorating.
If drinking now a decant of 60-90 minutes is necessary (perhaps longer), but the reward is there if you have patience to hold another 2-5 years for everything to come together when it will be magnificent.
92+ right now with the decant; 94+ in the future. Excellent Pauillac for the $$$ that punches above its weight class. I think I got this at Costco for around $40 and at that price it's a steal. I will buy more of these to stash away until 2026-2029.
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12/11/2023 - Sanlucar wrote: 89 Points
Good fruit but very little aromatics and overall underwhelming.
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11/12/2023 - pren wrote: 91 Points
尝。气味很deep,口中也不错,让我回想起99
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11/11/2023 - jviz wrote: 93 Points
This was really really good. Lots of intense waves of fruit with high extraction. Still quite a bit of oak to shed (blinded, I thought it was a 19) but rich and polished like a Lynch Bages or Mouton. Good slate minerals, too. Impressive and this will live a very long time.
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