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• pablopilot Likes this wine: 96 points

  November 3, 2017 - Sometimes wine is wine. And sometimes, wine is love. It's true that great company enhances excellent wine. It is also true that great wine enhances excellent company. The '96 PL is a "love" wine. It has such sweetness, such complexity and underlying smokiness, such balance and elegance that it does more than taste great and make food taste better (terrific homemade pizza in this case) -- it makes people happy.
  
  Flavors: cedar, pumpkin pie spices, wood smoke. Raspberries. Just a hint of jarred artichoke hearts oiliness. Enough tannin to stitch it all together, but not enough to feel it. Subtle, gracious nose. Not an overwhelming wine; it wants to be where you are, part of the party, not the center of it. An active participant for sure. Always well dressed and appropriate, like the Comtesse herself. Pure pleasure in a bottle.

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3 Comments

• Bruno DALBIEZ commented:

  11/18/17, 4:01 AM - Very encouraging and inspiring review, thank you! It motivates me to try one of our bottles today....

• pablopilot commented:

  11/25/17, 6:07 AM - Thank you!

• JJYoyo commented:

  1/8/19, 6:10 AM - Always well dressed.... a perfect summary of one of the most elegant wines I have ever tasted. So true.

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