Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, September 20, 2019 - Richebourg + RSV for Mike and Pete's birthday (Holland Park, Singapore): Solid, but a clear step or two down from a superb bottle of 1993 AF Gros Richebourg on the previous flight tonight. Really tight when first popped, this only slowly opened up through the evening to show real quality. The nose was classic Richebourg, with a nice streak of mineral and earth, and a meatiness underpinning subtle notes of black cherry and berry, and a lovely blush of spice. The palate was still rather clenched and unyielding, with strong, powerful layers of black cherries, berries and olive tapenade lined with a streak of mineral and earth. It was wonderfully integrated and very well balanced, and with a seriously powerful and long finish to boot, but still really tightly wound though, with a bit of a stubborn gap on the midpalate, in spite of some mature, savoury notes starting to show - this will need a few more years to come around yet.

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