The aromatics explode out of the bottle once the cork is drawn. A sultry nose of baking spices, violets, red and blue fruits, sous bois. Medium-bodied, the midpalate is still tightly wound and intense, red and blue fruits again, earth, minerally, evolving with wonderful layers, with firm 2008 tannins (dry, slightly raspy, and still packing a punch) and a firm acid spine that is appropriate for the intensity of the wine. Splendid. Hold on any remaining bottles for further tertiary development.
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During walkabout tasting and Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. Very structured and astringent, closed. Good but will it ever be great like its sublime neighbor? Probably not.
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A private dinner (Restaurant Pastorale **, Reet, Belgium): Astounding nose, deep and rich, roses and warm Asian spices, jasmin, stalks, pure and mineral, tight and fresh; the masculine palate is powerful and mouth-staining, very structured, with rich blue fruit, really grippy tannins and wonderful mineral freshness, orange lift; excellent length. A score of 95 potentially, but wait for 10 years.
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8/17/2023 - lightning wrote: 96 Points
The aromatics explode out of the bottle once the cork is drawn. A sultry nose of baking spices, violets, red and blue fruits, sous bois. Medium-bodied, the midpalate is still tightly wound and intense, red and blue fruits again, earth, minerally, evolving with wonderful layers, with firm 2008 tannins (dry, slightly raspy, and still packing a punch) and a firm acid spine that is appropriate for the intensity of the wine. Splendid. Hold on any remaining bottles for further tertiary development.
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2/5/2018 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points
During walkabout tasting and Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. Very structured and astringent, closed. Good but will it ever be great like its sublime neighbor? Probably not.
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12/11/2016 - Axone wrote: 90 Points
Vin marqué par l'acidité en dégustation pure, meilleur en accord avec un boeuf bourguignon.
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3/7/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 95 Points
A private dinner (Restaurant Pastorale **, Reet, Belgium): Astounding nose, deep and rich, roses and warm Asian spices, jasmin, stalks, pure and mineral, tight and fresh; the masculine palate is powerful and mouth-staining, very structured, with rich blue fruit, really grippy tannins and wonderful mineral freshness, orange lift; excellent length. A score of 95 potentially, but wait for 10 years.
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5/22/2014 - Rupert wrote: 91 Points
Neighbours of La Tâche 1990-2010 (The Square, Mayfair, London): Fine, tart cherry fruit, strict, but good
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