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• jkvedar Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 18, 2020 - Popped and poured. Vanilla, some leather, tobacco on the nose. Acidity jumps out on the palate. Great food wine. Very little tannin, mostly on the sides of the tongue. Again, acidity dominates on the palate.

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• oldwines commented:

  5/19/20, 5:36 AM - This is still a baby by LdH standards of course, but I have found in my experience that the Acidity needs air to settle down. With several hours in a decanter the wine really opens up, softens and gets a richer palate. This and most high acid wines are not usually as good PnP as they are with time to breathe. Still a great food wine too.
  Cheers!
  
  “oldwines” aka Dave
  www.dtpwineadvisors.com

• jkvedar commented:

  5/19/20, 5:41 AM - Indeed, as we sipped it with dinner, noticed this effect. more oak, less acid.

• ProperClaret commented:

  5/20/20, 8:21 AM - Agree 100% about the acid settling with air. These LdH Tondonias, of any recent vintage, are undrinkable on opening! One other trick I’ve found to tame the acid (other than time in the cellar) is to serve it a little cooler than I normally might. That has worked wonders for me.

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