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Thursday, May 5, 2022 - I concur with my note from last July. This is in its early stages of its drinking window, but it needs extended decanting, (preferably all day or overnight,) but you will be richly rewarded. I am finding the right bank 2005s are starting to shine and this is no exception, and this is the best vintage of VCC drinking kicking the glorious 1990 well into touch. The nose is relatively primary but starts to come to life after an hour in the glass with aromatic wafts of ripe red and black berry fruits, cedar, and tobacco underpinned with burgeoning perfumed floral notes. It is already blasting out its Pomerol identity with an opulent blast of ripe fruit on the palate and a silky velvet mouthfeel. The finish still needs to shrug off some residual tannin, but is perfectly balanced and pushes past 60 seconds. Of course this will continue to develop, and will be otherworldly in a decade hence, but it is irresistible now.

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