11 months since my last bottle. This benefitted from a 2 hour decant. A well balanced wine that is in its prime that will continue to drink well for at least another decade. Revisit 2025
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Good, typical Saint Emilion bottle without any wow factor. Suave, soft, and fully mature for my taste. This style of wine has no hope of getting better for me, even though I love, love old wines. A tad bit alcoholic and warm as well...feels a bit tired for the style. Drink sooner than later.
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Still has plenty of primary fruits on the bouquet - cassis, black fruits and star anise. The body once opens up reveals beautiful freshness and fine tannin with plenty cassis and earthiness notes. Lovely finish.
Drink now to 10+ years.
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4/14/2024 - N.Bonaparte wrote: 92 Points
11 months since my last bottle. This benefitted from a 2 hour decant. A well balanced wine that is in its prime that will continue to drink well for at least another decade. Revisit 2025
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4/2/2024 - Ricky99 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Sort of what I expected, no way its peaked yet. Lots of lead pencil/leather notes.. nice finith
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10/17/2023 - Purple Tooth wrote: 92 Points
Good, typical Saint Emilion bottle without any wow factor. Suave, soft, and fully mature for my taste. This style of wine has no hope of getting better for me, even though I love, love old wines. A tad bit alcoholic and warm as well...feels a bit tired for the style. Drink sooner than later.
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8/30/2023 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 93 Points
The wine needs air for the charm to be revealed.
Still has plenty of primary fruits on the bouquet - cassis, black fruits and star anise. The body once opens up reveals beautiful freshness and fine tannin with plenty cassis and earthiness notes. Lovely finish.
Drink now to 10+ years.
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7/12/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points
Huge nose of cedar, cigar box, ripe black cherries, leather... Huge concentration, nice refreshing ripe black cherries, powdery silky tannin, animal, bacon fat.
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