Dinner at Victoria and Albert's. Took 30 minutes to completely open up. Beautiful dark ruby color and tremendous nose of cassis, blackberries, cherries, roasted espresso, pencil, roses, pipe tobacco with floral elements. Palate is medium bodied with blackberries, plums, currants, tobacco, truffles with suave tannins with long finish. Everything is very balanced and polished. Peak drinking for next 5 years.
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RC's corporate 15th anniversary dinner banquet, Asia Society (Hong Kong): Whoa! When you see the big sheep being poured at a dinner party for 200+ guests, you know the host is serious. And so you have to rise to the occasion: be on best behavior, restrained almost, no stumbling about and slurring of speech. Because you want to be invited back!
Clear bright ruby in the glass; gorgeous classic blackcurrant and cassis nose, darkly elegant, with light notes of ash, tar and cedar. Medium bodied on the palate, the tannins are still prominent though very finely knit into a tight silky mesh around the black fruit. There is a smooth complexity in the medium finish. Still 5-7 years from full maturity, but very drinkable. A perfect party Mouton, apparently there's such a thing!
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7th Jan 2022 This followed the Haut-Brion 2012. Though matured well since the last bottle, still lags behind the Haut-Brion. Increasingly I cannot quantify the premium accorded to a first growth when many second growths are as or more enjoyable.
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3/22/2024 - merlotsmile Likes this wine: 95 Points
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1/12/2024 - willmark wrote: 88 Points
12th Jan 2024
Has peaked..no better then many 2nd growths
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12/8/2023 - advinm41 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Dinner at Victoria and Albert's. Took 30 minutes to completely open up. Beautiful dark ruby color and tremendous nose of cassis, blackberries, cherries, roasted espresso, pencil, roses, pipe tobacco with floral elements. Palate is medium bodied with blackberries, plums, currants, tobacco, truffles with suave tannins with long finish. Everything is very balanced and polished. Peak drinking for next 5 years.
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11/30/2022 - ilee Likes this wine: 93 Points
RC's corporate 15th anniversary dinner banquet, Asia Society (Hong Kong): Whoa! When you see the big sheep being poured at a dinner party for 200+ guests, you know the host is serious. And so you have to rise to the occasion: be on best behavior, restrained almost, no stumbling about and slurring of speech. Because you want to be invited back!
Clear bright ruby in the glass; gorgeous classic blackcurrant and cassis nose, darkly elegant, with light notes of ash, tar and cedar. Medium bodied on the palate, the tannins are still prominent though very finely knit into a tight silky mesh around the black fruit. There is a smooth complexity in the medium finish. Still 5-7 years from full maturity, but very drinkable. A perfect party Mouton, apparently there's such a thing!
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1/7/2022 - willmark wrote: 90 Points
7th Jan 2022
This followed the Haut-Brion 2012. Though matured well since the last bottle, still lags behind the Haut-Brion. Increasingly I cannot quantify the premium accorded to a first growth when many second growths are as or more enjoyable.
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