What a beautiful wine. Becomes fresher and fresher with air; gorgeous, juicy red fruit and tobacco and a faint whiff of smoke; still remarkably full and fruity, with the tannins almost entirely resolved. Such a pleasure to catch a BDX at peak.
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Bottle number 4 of 5. Cork came clean. Still some life. Nothing like the first bottle. But not corked like the other 2 bottles. Long thick legs. Woody, earthy. Light finish, even after decanting just below average with a 83
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375 ml bottle. Base neck fill. Severely corroded capsule. Cork did not come out, very wet, push directly into the bottle. Surprise surprise still very much alive. Decanted twice. Heavy sediment. Getting better and better in the glass. Needs time to open up. Very pleased 88 points so far might go higher 88-90.
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12/22/2020 - blank blank wrote:
What a beautiful wine. Becomes fresher and fresher with air; gorgeous, juicy red fruit and tobacco and a faint whiff of smoke; still remarkably full and fruity, with the tannins almost entirely resolved. Such a pleasure to catch a BDX at peak.
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8/9/2019 - MrBeijing Likes this wine: 83 Points
Bottle number 4 of 5. Cork came clean. Still some life. Nothing like the first bottle. But not corked like the other 2 bottles. Long thick legs. Woody, earthy. Light finish, even after decanting just below average with a 83
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7/29/2019 - MrBeijing wrote: flawed
Brown color. Unpleasant. So far 2/5 375 ml bottles have been flawed. The one that wasn’t was excellent, a stunner.
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7/29/2019 - MrBeijing wrote: flawed
Moldy cork, vinegar
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7/27/2019 - MrBeijing Likes this wine: 90 Points
375 ml bottle. Base neck fill. Severely corroded capsule. Cork did not come out, very wet, push directly into the bottle. Surprise surprise still very much alive. Decanted twice. Heavy sediment. Getting better and better in the glass. Needs time to open up. Very pleased 88 points so far might go higher 88-90.
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