Community Tasting Note

theusualsuspect wrote:

Sunday, September 16, 2012 - Drinks younger than it looks. Beautiful old time cedar and cigar box notes on the nose. An observation. You can still see this in modern Bordeaux, but the intensity of those notes isn't in the ballpark with an old style Bordeaux like this one. Perhaps grasping - why not - maybe a bit of Margaux violets on the nose. Initially unforthcoming on the palate, it fleshed out over two hours delivering more of the cedar and tobacco with maybe a dark fruit note or two. The epitome of a fully aged Bordeaux. Pretty much everything the wine has to offer is entirely in the finish, plenty lengthy here. . A beauty, but it doesn't quite escape the austerity if you will of the vintage. Like many 1975's, really intense but without generosity - on the severe side.

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