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Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - Domaine René Engel Dinner (Fleur de Sel, Tras Street): Excellent. This had the most expressive nose of the lot, with a wonderful perfume of wood spice drifting around funky dark cherries and berry aromas, some sweet dried flowers, and a funkier underlayer of sous bois, meat and a streak of iron. A glorious nose. Like the 1993 Aux Brulees from the flight before, the palate here was very resolved, with soft, melting, velvety tannins forming a lovely, plush bed for yummy flavours of dark berriess and cherries interwoven with lovely bits spice. In fact it drank almost like a bigger version of the Aux Brulees. This was superbly balanced too, with crystal-clear acidity driving the wine into juicy finish with a twist of orange peel coated with a little coat of fine tannins. It had lovely depth and presence to it, yet it was all very lively, almost lithe - very un-2000 in that aspect I thought. It may not have the sheer depth and power of a Grands-Echezeaux from a great vintage, nor structure to go the long haul, but this is drinking wonderfully now and was very enjoyable indeed.

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