Community Tasting Note
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oldwines wrote: 93 points
February 9, 2024 - Pre-Super Bowl Gentlemen's Dinner (New Jersey, USA): In my cellar since release. Decanted around 3:30pm and served with the second course around 7pm in a flight of 3-1983 Bordeaux. Pretty clean on the nose though a little restrained at first. Lightly chocolatey dark red and black fruit, soft but layered and balanced with decent remaining mineral, acid structure. Also earthy, more on the finish. Nice purity with good balance but also not flamboyant or especially thrilling, though excellent overall. Plenty of life left, quite youthful. If not tasted next to ‘83 Cos and Lalande this would probably have seemed more remarkable. A few of the attendees liked this a touch more than I ranking it 2nd, rather than my 3rd of the flight. Overall, all three wines were very similar and of great quality with nuances separating them. As they sat in the glass, the subtle nuances were visible but initially in the glass they were almost indistinguishable.
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thesternowl commented:
2/10/24, 7:56 AM - Great note. Thanks for sharing!
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oldwines commented:
2/12/24, 5:20 AM - Thanks and you're welcome. If you're interested check out the full story on the evening, which was truly epic in the linked tasting story I finished yesterday.