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Purple Grillz Likes this wine: 95 points
July 14, 2019 - This time from a 750ml. What a different wine than the 375ml format. Absolutely unforgiving when I popped the cork. With every sip, it took out a ruler and slapped my tongue, punishing me for my lack of patience. Brutal, drying tannins, sour cherry picked young, only the dill pickle nose and fresh cut cedar kept it less than punitive. The bouquet was oddly reminiscent of a Roc De Cambes, which I always enjoy.
Fortunately this was not my first bottle of LB, so I know it is always a fight. I went back to my corner, corked the bottle and waited...
Day 2, still cracking me for insolence, telling me even 2023 would be infanticide. I retreat.
Day 3 After this beating the day before, I drove 3 hours to Long Island, not looking at it, talking to it, using the beach traffic to take my mind off of it. I came back at 1 am and dint even check on it. Glad I did.
Day 4, Sunday morning, take the bottle out, pour the tiniest glass, the nose has changed, my heart flutters. take the tiniest sip. All is forgiven! Its dinner time now and I have a proper glass. A beautiful LB in all its glory! Much more complex than the 375 and so many fireworks in al the right places. This is going to be a very fun wine to follow through time. If you don't have a few of these in your cellar, than get some.
If you need to consume immediately, this wine should not be opened until 2025, at least. Otherwise, it needs a lengthy decant. My method is to open the bottle pour out a glass, take a sip and pour it back in. It took a full 72 hours to relax like this. You may be OK in 24 hours in a wide base decanter.3 people found this helpful 3,581 views