April 9, 2024 - 5th tasting.
Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red and black fruits, forest floor, leather, mushroom, toast, cedar and spices. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin.
March 24, 2024 - 2004 Bordeaux at 20 years courtesy of Mark Taylor; 3/23/2024-3/24/2024 (Atlanta, GA): Mmm, tobacco and cassis, iron, mineral, cedar, spicy, lovely red fruit, lean. My #2 and the group #4. Incorrectly guessed as Pontet-Canet.
January 27, 2024 - 4th bottle.
Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red and black fruits, forest floor, leather, mushroom, toast, cedar and spices. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin.
August 8, 2023 - Fairly consistent with previous notes and score.
Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red and black fruits, forest floor, leather, mushroom, toast, cedar and spices. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin.
January 13, 2023 - Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red and black fruits, forest floor, leather, mushroom, toast, cedar and spices. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin.
December 23, 2022 - Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cooked red and black fruits, forest floor, leather, mushroom, toast, cedar and spices. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Drinking at its peak. Did not decant and let wine develop in the glass. Feel that the nose and notes will be better if its decant for 1-2 hours.
March 14, 2022 - Beautiful bouquet with oak, cedar, vanilla and autumn impressions. On the palate juicy red berries, sweet spices and some bell pepper. Mild acidity and tannin. Beautiful wine which is at its peak now, but no extreme hurry to drink it.
April 26, 2020 - Glossy, sleek dark cherry colour almost to the rim. Expressive nose discernible above the rim of a standard Bordeaux glass - slightly candied aromas of violets, liquorice root, little pepper, plums and something more savoury.
Fresh, dry entry, texture feels somehow a little powdery, melting finish and floral aftertaste.
Palate intense but less complex than nose. Mocha, plums. Very pleasant.
Last glass was the most expressive after four hours of air.
December 12, 2018 - Plum, spice, and pyrazine savoriness, good but young.
March 3, 2018 - An easy afternoon with close friends; Pomerol and St. Estephe (@ FD): In the bouquet a slightly mature wine with some pleasant barnyard and autumn forest impressions. A beautiful and well balance bouquet. On the palate autumn forest, cinnamon, red and dark berries, underbrush, a beautiful balance between acidity and sweetness and a good length. Really beautiful already and still a future of several 3 – 5+ years.