Community Tasting Note

• Arinbraghe Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 24, 2013 - Popped, a glass poured, and the remainder decanted and drunk over approximately 90 minutes.
  I anticipated this would be hitting early maturity, and that's just about where it is at this time -- on first sniff it's still very fresh with sea-breeze aromas, totally stony. Winter orchard fruits if you must make a flavor-wheel reference, but like the 2002 Dauvissat 'Les Clos' we drank alongside it, very much more about its vinous attributes than obliging any 'name that fruit!' comparison. Really quite a wintry wine in all aspects, with a high descant from the acidity that persist throughout the bottle, and a cool elegance that initially borders on reticence. Over time this broadens and packs on some weight, such that it ultimately took on dimensions not far leaner than the Les Clos, although it remained the fresher, more youthful-seeming wine throughout. A bit more fickle at the table than the Dauvissat, this matched decidedly better with more high-toned dishes.

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