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• no oak Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 21, 2019 - Bought upon release in 1993 and has been properly stored thereafter. This is the last bottle of the 1990 L'Angelus in my cellar, and it was consumed on 4/21/2019. The color is still dark with very little amber at the rim. When first opened, the finish was unmistakably cinnamon. Two hours later, that was gone. While the wine has an old-claret nose of black currents and spices, the palate is much younger, as the tannins have not yet resolved and the wine lacks complexity. While the first bottle in my stash, consumed in 1993, was one of the best young Bordeaux wines I've ever tasted, the 1990 L'Angelus has not yet emerged from its sleep. If I had more bottles, I wouldn't open another one for at least 5 more years.

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