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Saturday, May 5, 2018 - This bottle was purchased at auction Its level was very low neck. The wine was expertly decantered by a sommelier in Tetsuya's restaurant in Sydney. It was best after 45 minutes to when it was finished at 90 minutes. Served in Riedel glasses at an estimated temperature of 17 degrees C on average. The appearance was an inky opacity with a mahogany rim. At its best, the nose was intense with a sense that the bouquet was being pumped out. The aromas were blackcurrant, blackberry, pencil shavings, cigar box, tobacco leaves, charcoal, cherries, licorice, pepper, brown sugar, cinnamon, menthol, vanilla, smoke, wet earth, manure, minerals and coffee. The palate was full bodied and elegant. Initially, there was some slight sourness and bitterness, but this resolved by 45 minutes. The length was exceptional. The wine was beautifully integrated with a sense of a single flavour/aroma entity based on an iconic aged bordeaux cabernet spine. The wine was changeable from sip to sip. The wine’s personality would be best described as extroverted. This bottle is drinking well now at 32 years. I would be drinking the two companion bottles bought in the next few years to avoid the risk of being too old though who’s to say they may not last decades and even improve further. NS

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