Community Tasting Note

fclarity wrote:

Sunday, August 16, 2020 - Tasted blind, this wine had a deep red center with orange at the rim. The nose was maybe medium- intensity at first and opened up to medium+ intensity after 6 hours of air. It put forth notes of plum, black spices, cola, and minerals.

In the mouth, this wine was rich and ripe with rounded tannin, solid acidity, and great length. As usual, it was the least expressive of the 3 1990 LaLas.

This wine was less tough and tannic than I thought it might be given its reputation. It had a absolute ton of fruit which buried its structure. However, this wine was really not quite ready for prime time yet. It was still opening up after 8 hours in the decanter.

While certainly drinkable, this bottle was begging for another 5-10 years in the cellar. It could well have a couple points of upside as it becomes more expressive like the Mouline.

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