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• Paul S wrote: 94 points

  September 20, 2019 - Richebourg + RSV for Mike and Pete's birthday (Holland Park, Singapore): This was a superb bottle that way outperformed a solid but unspectacular one I had a couple of years back. It had a wonderful nose of exotic wood spice - cardamom, cloves and cumin, alongside other telltale whole cluster aromas of boiled herb and bramble, all draped around a sweet core of red cherries and berries - a whole panoply of lovely smells. When served blind, I was quite sure it was DRC on that nose alone. It later made sense when unveiled as a Girardin - rumour has it that DRC sold certain less-impressive barrels of RSV from their stock to Girardin and Potel in the late 1990s and early 2000s as they tried to improve their quality to match Leroy's stunning expressions. The palate was maybe a half-step to two behind the nose, but was still really lovely. Bright and juicy, with red cherries infused with fragrant spice and bramble, and then a touch of mineral coming up on the midpalate and into the finish, this was a damn good drink. Beautifully transparency and balanced too - a rare 1999 that seems to be drinking at its very peak. Yum.

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