Just a hint of brick to the hue. Mixed berries ,crushed dried herbs, spice and earth. Very soft plush mouthfeel, soft but present tannins. Sweet berries, forest floor complexity, has travelled past its peak but still drinks nicely. A nice blend of fruit, earth and spice, clearly with age but surprisingly fruit-driven given that.
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A private dinner (Restaurant Perceel *, near Rotterdam): Lively colour; powerful aroma of tobacco, opens up to ripe black fruit, deep and complete, hints of forest floor and mushroom, iron; absolutely delicious on the palate, smooth and sweet attack, masculine GC minerality and tannins, lovely 1996 structure and freshness, great balance and tension, flavours of crushed soft red fruits; excellent finish, very aromatic, black fruit, complete and long. Great stuff.
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7/31/2022 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Just a hint of brick to the hue.
Mixed berries ,crushed dried herbs, spice and earth.
Very soft plush mouthfeel, soft but present tannins.
Sweet berries, forest floor complexity, has travelled past its peak but still drinks nicely. A nice blend of fruit, earth and spice, clearly with age but surprisingly fruit-driven given that.
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4/19/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
A private dinner (Restaurant Perceel *, near Rotterdam): Lively colour; powerful aroma of tobacco, opens up to ripe black fruit, deep and complete, hints of forest floor and mushroom, iron; absolutely delicious on the palate, smooth and sweet attack, masculine GC minerality and tannins, lovely 1996 structure and freshness, great balance and tension, flavours of crushed soft red fruits; excellent finish, very aromatic, black fruit, complete and long. Great stuff.
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