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Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - Deep red with no bricking and maybe still a hint of youthful violet. Really stunning and open nose with black cherry, black pepper, and dried flowers. You don't have to bury your nose in the glass It's wonderfully fragrant. Same notes on the palate driven by a flawless structure. Perfectly balanced with respect to acid alcohol and tannins. Still a little firm and austere. But nothing another ten years in the cellar won't cure. And the finish is magnificent. Expansive and long finish that echoes the initial notes with some menthol as well with loads of fine powdery tannins.

Despite it being still a little austere. It was a 94-95 in my book.

A really great wine to me is one that when you open it and experience it memories come forward of the first time you drank it. Even the nose of this one takes ne back the Angelina Ristorante on Broadway in Chicago. 2015. Dinner with the realtor to celebrate the purchase of my home there. Funny... I hadn't thought about that for years. But now.... Every detail comes back.

Sadly, it's my last of a case and it's a bittersweet joy to bid farewell to this one.

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