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Sunday, October 13, 2013 - Funky as hell on opening. When approaching a wine of this age I am always worried that the decanting might destroy rather than enhance it. But this wine, despite its 23 years of age, really benefited from the air time. After minutes it started to open, but sadly, as is the problem, we were drinking through the minutes, and like usual, the last half glass was the best by far. Cigar box, black current, plum, baking spice and a little leather (yes, we ended on leather- but we started with the steer!). Like all of the great wines, no one dominant aroma or flavour, just great intensity of everything. Amazingly fresh, so much of the fruit still in tact. The pallet mirrors the bouquet, with a hint of earth also coming into play. I can't see this getting better with age, but it should hold for some time, and is drinking beautifully right now.

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