Community Tasting Note
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djhammond Likes this wine: 96 points
April 2, 2024 - One of my favourite St. Émilion estates, I have been champing at the bit to try this. Although it really needs another 2 or 3 years to develop further, you can already sense its greatness, and with sufficient aeration, it is already very enjoyable. The nose is already a fruit bomb with heady wine gum aromas of blackcurrant, strawberry, and raspberry, underpinned with vanilla. Likewise, front palate is luscious and silky, but unresolved tannin inhibits the wine end palate and on the finish masking its richness and complexity. Once this has been addressed, I can see myself giving this another 2 or 3 points, and it challenging the superlative 2005 for the top spot. A post script; I left a couple of glasses for the next evening, and it had further aerated. However, I will not revisit this for another couple of years.
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