very good still. but one suspects that it will soon (in about 5 years) be on the start of a very slow decline. good colour, very red fruited, decent acid, tannins almost wholly resolved. Cedar, some spice and forest floor.
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Old cherry and blackberry, cigar box, leather; powerful, long, linear, excellent mature presence; well preserved and still retaining some fruit; very enjoyable simple, but classic, aged claret
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Top shoulder fill, lovely, youthful color with no signs of bricking. Not quite up to the level of the '85 and '86 we had a few days ago, this is missing a bit of it's younger siblings' energy and structure, and has morphed into a soft, very pretty wine, with a pretty core of red plum and cassis fruit. I would drink these sooner than later, but it's in a pretty good place right now.
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12/2/2023 - asparagus Likes this wine: 92 Points
very good still. but one suspects that it will soon (in about 5 years) be on the start of a very slow decline. good colour, very red fruited, decent acid, tannins almost wholly resolved. Cedar, some spice and forest floor.
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2/1/2023 - Barsacpinci Likes this wine:
This wine shows much younger It seemed to me to be high alcohol and extracted. But extremely well made wine. Loved it. Definitely a pencil lead wine.
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12/25/2022 - wineappreciation wrote: 92 Points
Old cherry and blackberry, cigar box, leather; powerful, long, linear, excellent mature presence; well preserved and still retaining some fruit; very enjoyable simple, but classic, aged claret
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4/23/2022 - fc1910 wrote: 91 Points
1982 (A vintage dream); 4/21/2022-4/23/2022 (Hotel Jean Jacques Rousseau, La Neuveville, lake Biel, Restaurant des Bains, Avenches, Switzerland): Fresh showing, good cassis on the palate, firm still, crisp, a little short maybe, but good+ bottle
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12/27/2021 - GrapeScott wrote: 90 Points
Top shoulder fill, lovely, youthful color with no signs of bricking. Not quite up to the level of the '85 and '86 we had a few days ago, this is missing a bit of it's younger siblings' energy and structure, and has morphed into a soft, very pretty wine, with a pretty core of red plum and cassis fruit. I would drink these sooner than later, but it's in a pretty good place right now.
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