Community Tasting Note
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blank blank wrote: 91 points
April 15, 2023 - This was very good, but to my palate a little overripe. It is extremely ripe and lush - remarkably so for a BDX, perhaps as ripe as any I've ever had this side of 1982 PLL, to which it bears a resemblance. It shows a lot of Merlot - again, more than any classified growth I can recall other than, well, 1982 PLL, to which, (reiterating) this bears a resemblance. It is just so fruity - almost California-esque - and the texture is pillowy and gentle. But for my palate, the fruit here is a little muddied because of the ripeness - unlike the clarion cassis character of a Cab Sauv dominated blend, this has lots of black cherry and plum - and while it shows a fair bit of evolution and is clearly just reaching its plateau of maturity, it isn't showing the complexity of, say, 1982 PLL, with its exotic aromatics. This is very much like an exceptionally well-made Napa Merlot - like a Forman Merlot or a Ramey Merlot - but its price and pedigree promises something more.
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