This is one of those wines you were glad you bought at least a few bottles ( one down, two to go ).
Mint condition ( auction purchase ex CBO12 ), even with the silk paper wrapping round the bottle.
Colour - clear signs of evolution, but amazed how much red left inside the glass Nose - some funk at start, which blew off and opened up during the evening Flavour - very round and sexy, tannins perfectly integrated, drinking nicely, most tertiary flavours though Finish - some cooked fruit ( slightly marmalade like )
For me, worth every penny - glad not to have that many left ( drink up ), but still two bottles for the near future.
Mathijs
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well balanced wine, which continued to improve with time in the decanter, still some primary fruit left with some secondary development apparent, well kept bottles could still have some potential upside to their development. overall a very nice bottle of claret, not an earth shaker but very nice and typical for its region and house. 1st of a case of 12
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8/25/2019 - Mathijs81 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very much consistent with my previous notes, no signs of tiring.
Will keep for quite some time, but can be fully enjoyed right now.
Goes to show that even a 2nd label from excellent producer, during a great vintage, can easily last up to 30 years !
Mathijs
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4/29/2017 - MarcusNZ wrote: 93 Points
decanted for 3 hours , this made a huge difference to the wine, fully secondary with a nice finish
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1/21/2017 - MarcusNZ wrote: flawed
minor leakage has caused this bottle to become overly mature, it was ok but only ok
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8/4/2016 - Mathijs81 Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is one of those wines you were glad you bought at least a few bottles ( one down, two to go ).
Mint condition ( auction purchase ex CBO12 ), even with the silk paper wrapping round the bottle.
Colour - clear signs of evolution, but amazed how much red left inside the glass
Nose - some funk at start, which blew off and opened up during the evening
Flavour - very round and sexy, tannins perfectly integrated, drinking nicely, most tertiary flavours though
Finish - some cooked fruit ( slightly marmalade like )
For me, worth every penny - glad not to have that many left ( drink up ), but still two bottles for the near future.
Mathijs
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7/17/2016 - MarcusNZ Likes this wine: 91 Points
well balanced wine, which continued to improve with time in the decanter,
still some primary fruit left with some secondary development apparent,
well kept bottles could still have some potential upside to their development.
overall a very nice bottle of claret, not an earth shaker but very nice and typical for its region and house. 1st of a case of 12
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