Another go with this wine: while bottle was in better shape than previous one a couple months ago, this wine failed to develop as beautifully. Slightly oxidized nose with dark chocolate, paste shoe polish, somber dark plummy fruit, church incense and dark spices; very complex and interesting but somehow it seemed to “never get where it needed to go”. Last bottle of this was better on 2nd day. Hoping this surprises as nicely tomorrow. Day 2: this was just opening up and singing! 95
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Picked up a handful of these at auction in past few years. Brownish cast to bricky main color; effusive nose of strawberry and dark cherry with mature fruit profile; fully tertiary with complex notes of sous bois, soy, rich soil. Highly perfumed, elegantly balanced. Top notch. Intentionally opened the one with lowest fill. Portends well for the others.
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Great, great harmony here; deep and pure, so elegant Ned so powerful. Mahogany notes, fine tannins, great. Direct from the family, so provenance is perfect.
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7/16/2023 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Another go with this wine: while bottle was in better shape than previous one a couple months ago, this wine failed to develop as beautifully. Slightly oxidized nose with dark chocolate, paste shoe polish, somber dark plummy fruit, church incense and dark spices; very complex and interesting but somehow it seemed to “never get where it needed to go”. Last bottle of this was better on 2nd day. Hoping this surprises as nicely tomorrow.
Day 2: this was just opening up and singing! 95
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5/7/2023 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Picked up a handful of these at auction in past few years. Brownish cast to bricky main color; effusive nose of strawberry and dark cherry with mature fruit profile; fully tertiary with complex notes of sous bois, soy, rich soil. Highly perfumed, elegantly balanced. Top notch. Intentionally opened the one with lowest fill. Portends well for the others.
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11/18/2015 - lepetitchateau wrote: 98 Points
Great, great harmony here; deep and pure, so elegant Ned so powerful. Mahogany notes, fine tannins, great. Direct from the family, so provenance is perfect.
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2/28/2014 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
This has held up nicely, fragrant, expressive, pure.
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