Thursday, May 25, 2023 - Dark fruits, cassis, ripe plum, blackberries, packs of spices, clove, vanilla. Dense mocha and dark chocolate. Some leather and of course, cigar box. Ripe tannins, fine grained but firm. Full body. Succulent and dense flavours, but a little rustic. Very good on density and length. Still young, need time to integrate.
14% alc, aged 19 months in French oak barriques and hogsheads (20% new)
JS 92, WF 91, Decanter 95, RC 18.5+
Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 16/20, Overall 3+4/10
Total 91+/100