Community Tasting Note
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GEDC Likes this wine: 95 points
October 24, 2013 - LLC was opened 5 hours before consumption. Side by side with Pichon Baron 1999 that was opened 1 hour prior to consumption. Started with the Baron and boom the nose was there lovely as ever ready to go welcoming to drink this splendid juice. This bottle at the very end had a bit of sour apple and felt a bit more evolved then the previous 2 bottles on 6/17/2012 & 5/20/2013. I give the baron 93. One thing that is important here is the price. The Baron is around $100 and the LLC $200+ The LLC nose was a bit muted, this wine has been in a shut down mode for at least 10 years I remember one of my friends complaining about when is it ever going to be ready to enjoy the long wait. What did not offer on the nose made it up on the pallet very concentrated, tannic cab with a strong presence of spices would of liked to see a bit more fruit could have had a better score in my humble opinion. Was the LLC better than the baron, yes, was it mind blowing better, no. Is it worth shelling out twice as much for it? That is up to you fine wine brother's to decide, enjoy!!!
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