Community Tasting Note
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pekingunther wrote: 95 points
May 12, 2012 - I still say there is no such thing as a perfect bottle, but the balance in this wine shows no flaws. It definitely requires decanting to achieve it's best. Straight out of the bottle, it is just a veneer of the wine it is. Thin would be the best description. Chill to about 10-11 degrees and put it in a broad decanter in a shallow ice bath. That allows it to circulate as the base cools and the surface reacts to the air. After about 45 minutes, you will experience an incredible wine. Rich but not too much so, softer flavours, no biting tanin and showing white peach and pear with some orange, not silk but satin in texture. Not a WOW but a wine that is immediately thought provoking. And if you have the patience, a wine that will be great over at least a decade.
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