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JulianSkeels Likes this wine:

Wednesday, December 27, 2017 - I've really been enjoying older Haut Brion Blancs and was excited to try this with Jean-Philippe alongside the La Mission Blanc. This is still pale, but has a cleaner nose than the La Mission (with less semillion). For me, this has lefts its exuberant youth behind and now needs to be left alone for a decade to really shine, when I expect the oyster shell notes to be replace with dried tropical fruits (I had the 1996 recently, which was at its glorious early-peak with another decade to go). I find white Bordeaux can be like white Chateauneuf in being wonderful in the first 3yrs then needing to be left alone for ages to really shine. 95pts now, potential for 98pts with time.

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