The first mouthful was an explosive and tantalising gush of spicy fleshy fruit. Each one thereafter (I only managed a small glass) totally overwhelmed my taste buds with "puckering" tannins and a dry swell of tannin and oak. The rest of the bottle did not soften overnight.
It's just too young right now.
Next bottle - 2025...the potential is obviously there (hence 89 even in its current state)...
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Oh boy, no idea on how to assess this one. On day 1 it was served 30 minutes after opening and was totally shut down. It got slightly better after one hour but even then it remained dominated by oak.
I left half a bottle for day 2 but unfortunately the wine wasn't much better and certainly no fun at all.
I'll ascribe this to a dumb phase. I have two bottles left and won't open them before 5 years.
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11/23/2023 - steveyboy17 wrote: 92 Points
Wasn’t expecting much because of the previous reviews. Plummy , lovely soft tannins and a wine which doesn’t reflect its price .
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11/16/2023 - Timeforalivener Likes this wine: 89 Points
The first mouthful was an explosive and tantalising gush of spicy fleshy fruit. Each one thereafter (I only managed a small glass) totally overwhelmed my taste buds with "puckering" tannins and a dry swell of tannin and oak. The rest of the bottle did not soften overnight.
It's just too young right now.
Next bottle - 2025...the potential is obviously there (hence 89 even in its current state)...
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8/29/2023 - boillatm wrote:
Oh boy, no idea on how to assess this one. On day 1 it was served 30 minutes after opening and was totally shut down. It got slightly better after one hour but even then it remained dominated by oak.
I left half a bottle for day 2 but unfortunately the wine wasn't much better and certainly no fun at all.
I'll ascribe this to a dumb phase. I have two bottles left and won't open them before 5 years.
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5/31/2023 - Dj6544 wrote: 90 Points
Coffee, chocolate, powdery tannin. Sharp and tangy with raspberry and dried cranberry. Like you would want a Pomerol to be, but also not. Decent
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10/29/2022 - sk991027 Does not like this wine: 80 Points
blackberry, succulent, intense, mint/liquorice, medicinal
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