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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - Opened at cellar temperature, consumed from bottle over an evening. Wow, this is still drinking incredibly young and open.

Floral bouquet and white pepper abound, really 'pretty' bouquet, perfumed, ripe raspberries. Same palate impression as previously, elegant, silky, sculpted and finessed. Raspberry with sweet spice on the palate. Seamless progression from attack to finish, long finish. Low-ish ABV, no oak, extremely fine (perfect?) tannins.

Drink or hold. The structure is subtle but clearly capable of carrying this wine. Holding my last bottle until 12-15 years from vintage, as I'm curious if savory bottle bouquet will emerge. While this is fully dry, it's still centered on the sweeter, perfumey character it has close to release. In any case, I found the 2016 seemed already past peak, but this is a data point favoring longer term aging for this cuvee, if a vintage supports it.

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