Decanted for approximately 40 minutes and enjoyed over the next 2 hours. Seems to be in a good place. Classic old world style. Tannins dominate, but in a good way.
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Decanted for an hour in the glass. Stewed cherries on the nose. The palate is much more balanced now that the tannins have integrated. Really in a good spot now....finally.
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Drank over 2 days first glass was very green tasting not as I’d expect from a st emillion. 2nd night much more enjoyable w typical dark fruit flavors. Give it some air.
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Much better than a bottle tasted last year, this still has a lot of heat and some tannins, but it's drinking as well as it ever will. Some interesting citrus notes amid the still-dominant oak flavours together with some good cherry notes, but this could have been so much better without the vanilla and mocha from all that oak. If you like that sort of thing, it's fine, hence the score, but not a patch on the 98 or the 01.
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2/10/2023 - Intellectual Sasquatch Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for approximately 40 minutes and enjoyed over the next 2 hours. Seems to be in a good place. Classic old world style. Tannins dominate, but in a good way.
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12/26/2020 - Shugs_Claret wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for an hour in the glass. Stewed cherries on the nose. The palate is much more balanced now that the tannins have integrated. Really in a good spot now....finally.
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8/7/2020 - waibeans wrote: 89 Points
Drank over 2 days first glass was very green tasting not as I’d expect from a st emillion. 2nd night much more enjoyable w typical dark fruit flavors. Give it some air.
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8/3/2020 - no leashes wrote: 90 Points
Dark fruit, mocha and mineral flavors, smooth and drinking well
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1/9/2019 - Julian Marshall wrote: 89 Points
Much better than a bottle tasted last year, this still has a lot of heat and some tannins, but it's drinking as well as it ever will. Some interesting citrus notes amid the still-dominant oak flavours together with some good cherry notes, but this could have been so much better without the vanilla and mocha from all that oak. If you like that sort of thing, it's fine, hence the score, but not a patch on the 98 or the 01.
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