J$ supplied for our French wine dinner at CKH. Textbook right bank wine with plenty of plummy red fruit both on the nose and palate. Earthy, with notes of forest floor, leather, chocolate and tar as well. Some toasted oak as well, with a noticeable chalkiness on the back end. Good acidic core to balance the fruit. Very nice showing, particularly for a vintage that was avg at best.
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Purchased at auction in 2012. Pristine bottle, perfect level and cork. Not decanted, opened three hours in advance. Mature but lively appearance; lovely Pomerol nose, excellent complexity (cherries, flowers, earth, vanilla pod, oak spice, tobacco, truffle), pure and transparent, good depth; gentle and harmonious palate, elegant and flowing, relatively light style but more generosity than the previous bottle (tasted in 2020), almost resolved papery tannins; complete finish with very good resonance and length. A quiet wine, graceful and well matured. Drink soon.
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2/8/2024 - cephomer Likes this wine: 92 Points
J$ supplied for our French wine dinner at CKH. Textbook right bank wine with plenty of plummy red fruit both on the nose and palate. Earthy, with notes of forest floor, leather, chocolate and tar as well. Some toasted oak as well, with a noticeable chalkiness on the back end. Good acidic core to balance the fruit. Very nice showing, particularly for a vintage that was avg at best.
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12/17/2023 - shutto1992@gmail.com Likes this wine: 95 Points
Double decanted 4 hours. Last bottle several years ago was flat. This has blossomed.
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12/9/2023 - ggroebli Likes this wine: 94 Points
Elegant, rond, mature. Finale tres longue.
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8/6/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Purchased at auction in 2012. Pristine bottle, perfect level and cork. Not decanted, opened three hours in advance. Mature but lively appearance; lovely Pomerol nose, excellent complexity (cherries, flowers, earth, vanilla pod, oak spice, tobacco, truffle), pure and transparent, good depth; gentle and harmonious palate, elegant and flowing, relatively light style but more generosity than the previous bottle (tasted in 2020), almost resolved papery tannins; complete finish with very good resonance and length. A quiet wine, graceful and well matured. Drink soon.
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11/16/2022 - Tao wrote: 90 Points
Very strong nose of antique wood cabinet, and the palate gave us strong leathery fruits, a lengthy finish, quite interesting
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