PNP in a hotel room. Very bright opening notes of cassis, blackberry, black cherry, then stone, cedar, graphite, and tobacco. Tannins are still running the show (but not like a 6yr old 2005!). 2025-2038.
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Nose shows brumble but it’s subdues. Medium acidity and tannins, this showed much better on day 2, with forest floor, coffee beans, blackberries, belle papers; ending was pretty long with some oak. Still young, it needed a lot of air to open up, but then it was showing very nicely. I would wait 4-5 years honestly, but even with that this is delicious already - just give it a lot of air.
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Quick take from night two which means 24 hours of aeration -
Complex nose of rich plum, cherry, rose pedal, sweet herbs, iodine. Taste focuses on the dark-fruit spectrum, with blackcurrant, blackcherry, and anise; a pronounced minerality comes in midpalate, with a combination of herbs and what tastes like medium-toast oak on the finish. Regardless, all of it requires pushing through the veil of tannins which is present throughout. Time is needed here.
Terrific stuff, but it needs a long haul. I'd put it on a 10-year sit, and from there decide to open another 5 years later or likely wait for the full 20. This wine should age gracefully for 30+ years with proper storage. I'm gonna buy a couple more, bury them in the cellar, and open in 2034 and 2044.
RSL BS Rating: 93+ points
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The color is deep purple. On the nose there are pronounced aromas of blackberries, sour cherries, cassis, vanilla, pencil shavings, coffee. The acidity is high. The tannins and the body are medium(+). On the palate the flavors are also pronounced and similar to the nose with a long finish. This wine can be drunk now but has a huge potential for aging. The secondary aromas aren't yet integrated, but this will come with time. I would open another bottle in 2 years at the earliest. Glass I used: Zalto Bordeaux
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5/12/2024 - Grinner wrote: 93 Points
PNP in a hotel room. Very bright opening notes of cassis, blackberry, black cherry, then stone, cedar, graphite, and tobacco. Tannins are still running the show (but not like a 6yr old 2005!). 2025-2038.
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3/31/2024 - ThijsPiet Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened up lovely. Very powerful wine. Love the length of it.
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3/28/2024 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nose shows brumble but it’s subdues. Medium acidity and tannins, this showed much better on day 2, with forest floor, coffee beans, blackberries, belle papers; ending was pretty long with some oak. Still young, it needed a lot of air to open up, but then it was showing very nicely. I would wait 4-5 years honestly, but even with that this is delicious already - just give it a lot of air.
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1/13/2024 - RSLyss Likes this wine: 93 Points
Quick take from night two which means 24 hours of aeration -
Complex nose of rich plum, cherry, rose pedal, sweet herbs, iodine. Taste focuses on the dark-fruit spectrum, with blackcurrant, blackcherry, and anise; a pronounced minerality comes in midpalate, with a combination of herbs and what tastes like medium-toast oak on the finish. Regardless, all of it requires pushing through the veil of tannins which is present throughout. Time is needed here.
Terrific stuff, but it needs a long haul. I'd put it on a 10-year sit, and from there decide to open another 5 years later or likely wait for the full 20. This wine should age gracefully for 30+ years with proper storage. I'm gonna buy a couple more, bury them in the cellar, and open in 2034 and 2044.
RSL BS Rating: 93+ points
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6/22/2023 - Lanzelot Likes this wine: 92 Points
The color is deep purple. On the nose there are pronounced aromas of blackberries, sour cherries, cassis, vanilla, pencil shavings, coffee. The acidity is high. The tannins and the body are medium(+). On the palate the flavors are also pronounced and similar to the nose with a long finish. This wine can be drunk now but has a huge potential for aging. The secondary aromas aren't yet integrated, but this will come with time. I would open another bottle in 2 years at the earliest. Glass I used: Zalto Bordeaux
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