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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - It's like drinking money... mixed with tar, leather, burnt ends and elixir of the Gods. Is it great? Yes. Is it sublime? Well... almost. You start with aroma: yummy, precise intensity of tarry raspberries. Move on to mouthfeel: just shy of Lyle's golden syrup on the viscosity scale. Move on to flavors: many. mostly tending towards the meatier, leathery, tarry end of the scale. Very intense and precise. Very complex. Very challenging, and an easy pairing with the roast bird we consumed. Lots of stuff going on, and lots to like.

Is 97 points too conservative? Huh. Dunno. Hard to imagine a better expression of Burgundy. It's got the wow factor, the complexity, the acidity and the fruit. Maybe a little more defined fruit-forward profile would be 1-2% tastier. Maybe not! It's hard to forget the cost of this wine, but it's also hard to imagine a better value at this level of altogether quality. So many great high-falutin' burgundies have annoying little flaws (acidity, tannin) that make you wonder if you paid too much. This one is... well... money.

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