(Unblind tasting) Elegance and complexity that presents itself in an understated way. It starts with high toned red fruit, strawberry and red currant, with a tinge of cool mint. These flavors are juicy and pure, and simply delicious.
Earthier notes emerge behind the fruit. Leather, prosciutto, bay leaf and sandalwood. Then a distinctly Bordelaise finish of pencil shavings and countryside that’s unmistakably there but in harmony with the fruit.
Many would disagree but I don’t think this is too young. I love how juicy and vibrant the red fruit is at this age, and the oak is already well integrated. No doubt it also has many good years ahead of it.
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Exquisitely balanced - probably the most finessed wine I have ever tasted. Drank side-by-side with a 2015 Latour Martillac which while excellent, felt more rustic in comparison.
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11/18/2023 - EZVZ Likes this wine: 100 Points
(Unblind tasting) Elegance and complexity that presents itself in an understated way. It starts with high toned red fruit, strawberry and red currant, with a tinge of cool mint. These flavors are juicy and pure, and simply delicious.
Earthier notes emerge behind the fruit. Leather, prosciutto, bay leaf and sandalwood. Then a distinctly Bordelaise finish of pencil shavings and countryside that’s unmistakably there but in harmony with the fruit.
Many would disagree but I don’t think this is too young. I love how juicy and vibrant the red fruit is at this age, and the oak is already well integrated. No doubt it also has many good years ahead of it.
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11/1/2023 - yaanik Likes this wine: 100 Points
perfect wine.
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6/19/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 98 Points
Château Haut-Brion and Château La Mission Haut-Brion Tasting and Dinner (Winefield's Auctioneers, Amsterdam, NL): Beautifully precise and fresh, perfumed and exciting, diaphanous and refined, flowers and red berries, wonderful tension and harmony, firm but papery tannins, minty, perfect weight, elegant and layered, just a whiff of oak, long finish with great drive. Stunning wine, effortless elegance, great future.
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6/1/2023 - motuski Likes this wine: 98 Points
Exquisitely balanced - probably the most finessed wine I have ever tasted. Drank side-by-side with a 2015 Latour Martillac which while excellent, felt more rustic in comparison.
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4/29/2023 - JimRusche wrote: 92 Points
Wonderful but still too early to get high quality finish
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