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Sunday, February 25, 2024 - In short, flirting with perfection. If I don't ever have wine that's better than this bottle, I'm OK with that.

Decanted 30 minutes. The famed Margaux perfume is on display in its full glory, with a heady floral nose of roses and violets, as well as cassis, amarena cherries, cedar, tobacco, forest floor, and subtle spices. I could just sniff this forever. On the palate, supple, expansive, velvety and, unbelievably for a 42-year old wine, fresh. The fruit is riper than most Bordeaux of this generation yet at the same time it's impeccably balanced and graceful, and so completely harmonized with the acidic, mineralic and savory elements on the palate, that it just takes the wine to 11 on the scale of sheer visceral pleasure rather than detracting in any way. That a wine with 12% ABV has so much packed into it is almost black magic. The finish carries on at length effortlessly without losing momentum, like a glider.

There are some TNs here about the wine being over the hill, but in the case of this bottle, we agreed it just seems to have hit its peak and should have zero problem lasting another 10 years at a minimum, and probably 20 or 30 more.

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