Community Tasting Note

• campingfleurie wrote: 96 points

  June 15, 2013 - Popped and poured from the cellar, after 7 other grand bottles! A fairly sensational nose begins with stripped leather amidst multiple animal furs. Minor, plush fruit in that aroma, with the sweeter tones (oak and fruit-concentration) mostly being a herbal-spice complex (undoubtedly built a little of terroir-derivatives too). One to keep in the glass, cherishing; to re-sniff before sips tiny so as to prolong the encounter. Scratched velvet: just a little tannic texture. Fresh and good. I suspect it lacks fruit and length for long term development. Gently sizzling, and so lovely, now. 94? May well have perceived more and rated higher by itself. A fabulous, terroir-wine, actually; gently handled; appropriate restraint with the oak in this vintage. Above all, a wine of natural energy; 95. [Edit: On further reflection, 96.]

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