Community Tasting Note
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J_Smallwood Likes this wine: 94 points
March 31, 2024 - Air is your friend if you open one of these (at least 6 if not 12 hours of decanting I would recommend), and even then, still painfully young. Celebrating a new job for a friend we opened this….objectively a great wine, but left me wanting a bit more from it which I’m sure will just show better in several more years (or decades). An understated nose of raspberry, briar patch, and vine smoke that directly translates to palate, full of dark berry fruits framed by raspberry, green tobacco, wispy smoke notes, dark chocolate, and crushed stones. There is a lot of density packed into the wine - next to a few burgs, this wine took more “effort” to drink given its tannic structure and density at this stage, but nonetheless a fantastic wine. At the price point, I think there are better options out there, but still a very enjoyable and impressive wine. (++ upside)
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zimmy07 commented:
3/31/24, 9:17 AM - I am not sure if 2010's are not more closed down than 2016, and that is saying something as 2016 is in a dumb phase. I have opnend a few 2010's in past few months and they were not enjoybale. 2010 Cos literally after 8 hours in decanter never opened, not even a bit. a great wine, but a bad tasting. 2010 SHL, same thing. I am with you on letting them rest. 2009, a bit more open for business, 2010, dont touch! I love VCC and they are big at 30 years of age, I will let this sit
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J_Smallwood commented:
4/1/24, 5:41 AM - Couldn’t agree more! Sometimes I forget how much patience Bordeaux wines take to really come around….no doubt it’ll be an excellent wine with time. I’ve had better luck with 2014’s these days