Community Tasting Note
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MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 91 points
November 23, 2022 - So as an hommage to my new friend who left a comment on my last note on this wine questioning my sanity for not decanting this wine on that occasion, I decided to decant this bottle for four hours before first partaking of it. Turns out, he was right; this is showing much better with a good decant. A good blood red color, this has a fine lead pencil shavings nose with good cedar notes in the background. Creme de menthe. Rather classic. Really quite excellent complexity. Pretty palate, too, with excellent if high-toned fruit, though it seems a bit hollow on the mid-palate. I'd say this is perfectly mature at the moment, and no doubt will hold here for a few years, but no need to defer pleasure or worry about drinking this too early so long as you air it out beforehand. Happy to say I have more bottles, as I think this is a pretty good value at about $100 for a 12-year-old Bordeaux from a great vintage. 5-13-15-8: 91/100.
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3 Comments
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WineGuyDelMar commented:
11/24/22, 9:49 AM - LB shines in great vintages. I bought 15 & 16 vintages. Another good deal on a 2010 is Malartic Lagraviere Pessac Leognan. You can find it for $78 right now. I bought a few from Saratoga but haven’t tried one yet. Will open one up next weekend.
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Brentw1 commented:
11/26/22, 4:56 AM - Good man! Really glad It showed better and on the strength of that, I may well pop one open over Christmas and the New Year and see what we have got.
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MicklethePickle commented:
11/29/22, 6:21 PM - Thanks for the comments guys. And thanks for the recommendation Mr. DelMar.