From a 375ml. Poured the entire bottle out, then repoured into the bottle and left to sit for a few hours. Even with the advance preparation - and the smaller format - it seems like it needed more air (or more likely, many more years). Big, bold white peach and citrus dueling with massive oak character, with a wash of flint and reduction over everything. Impressive but disjointed at present, which is a shame since the only reason I opened this now was to try to get ahead of any potential premox. Would love to try a (pristine) bottle with 10+ years on it.
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Very powerful, dense, still oak-dominant, but with a lot of power behind the fruit and concentration as well. Would love to see where this goes in 5-10 years
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Rich and forward with caramel, salty minerals, and ripe yellow fruit. Good mid palate attack with intensity and minerality. Very good now but now sure if it is for the long haul.
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1/7/2024 - Ghoulardi wrote:
From a 375ml. Poured the entire bottle out, then repoured into the bottle and left to sit for a few hours. Even with the advance preparation - and the smaller format - it seems like it needed more air (or more likely, many more years). Big, bold white peach and citrus dueling with massive oak character, with a wash of flint and reduction over everything. Impressive but disjointed at present, which is a shame since the only reason I opened this now was to try to get ahead of any potential premox. Would love to try a (pristine) bottle with 10+ years on it.
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10/6/2023 - LB88 wrote: 93 Points
Much more open than the 2018 but not as dense or concentrated. But still good and builds with more air.
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8/18/2023 - BCJ99 wrote: 95 Points
Very powerful, dense, still oak-dominant, but with a lot of power behind the fruit and concentration as well. Would love to see where this goes in 5-10 years
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8/18/2023 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 Points
Rich and forward with caramel, salty minerals, and ripe yellow fruit. Good mid palate attack with intensity and minerality. Very good now but now sure if it is for the long haul.
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6/24/2023 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
Good again but now a little tighter and closing down a little. Intensity and depth still great.
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