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Friday, July 14, 2023 - Purchased as part of Christie's mixed lot in 2002, opened 15 minutes then splash decanted, mid shoulder, soft cork which broke on extraction - mid ruby, bright, quite glossy, some amber in rim; notably nuanced nose, suitably aristocratic, usual flavours but developing some tar and fire notes more usual in Haut-Brion (indeed my dp guest identified it as such); fresh alive, and layered on palate, vv long and persistent, a marvel and essence of claret, can't imagine it becoming better, but no hint of imminent downside (indeed no fade over evening), 20+ years on this showing. VFI (19.5)........in many ways more interesting and complex today than the 1990 drunk alongside, though I fancy that the 90 will have the edge in 40 years!

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