Community Tasting Note

• jsteach wrote: 99 points

  May 26, 2017 - The wine is, in a word, exceptional. cigar ash, funk, granite, red currants, violets, balsamic . very complex nose . The mouthfeel is exceptionally youthful given its age; there’s so much vibrancy here. The finish is full of earth, cloves, and currants, and goes on, and on, and on…

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• fclarity commented:

  12/30/19, 7:21 AM - Hi JS,
  My understanding is the first bottle of Reserve was in 1971. Was this possibly an "unfined" or "unfiltered" bottling? I would love to see a picture of the bottle. Thanks for you tasting note! I am just trying to clarify. Thank you.
  Fclarity

• jsteach commented:

  12/30/19, 7:48 AM - Yes, spectacular bottle of wine. I got it at auction, and was very surprise
  to see it as unfiltered. Maybe my friend has a photo, I will reach out.
  Would love to find more !!!!

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