Community Tasting Note
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Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 90 points
November 15, 2015 - Very, very good for what it is, though I'm not sure how much of what it is is what it says it is. Like all of the other Thorins I've had, I'm convinced there is some grenache in here. Whatever it is, it is very ripe and sunny with a glossy, saucy veneer and sweet compote berry flavors. I do like this better than the Clos Vougeot of the same vintage last year, which didn't have the same level of either ripeness or freshness - the profile of this is more in line with the 1959s, sweet, ripe, and plush with the red-fruit flavors remarkably primary. There is some black stoniness adding some darker shades to it, but that about sums it up. From a Musigny I feel like I want more breed and personality from this, but for a 60-year-old wine with its fruit in suspended animation, this is pretty impressive... again, for what it is. I think others were higher on this one than I was.
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