Christie's Dinner After HdB Tasting (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Served in 95/96/08 vertical. My favorite of the flight. Black cherry, anise and braised meat, with elegant textures and power on finish. This came across as the most "Gevrey" and most interesting of the flight.
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This is drinking well tonight after a long decant. There is the classic '96 steely structure accompanied by delicious ripe cherry fruit along with notes of iron minerals and crispy acids. Finishes with a good spicy crunch but at this point is a bit less complex and deep as the Bachelet but more ready. Getting close to prime time drinking and the complexity could improve a bit with time.
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Gorgeous nose of deep cherry spice with hints of smoky oak and coffee. Quite thickly textured and intense with delicious and crisp dark cherry fruit. Quite firm and structured with considerable acidity typical of this hard vintage but I think this is one wine that has the requisite fruit and balance to keep improving. Finishes with classic and grippy cherry mineral crunch and a deep complexity. There is still some oak here but it is dissolving appropriately in my opinion. Still needs time but is just beginning to drink well. 93+
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1/22/2023 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
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Nicely balanced and aged GC Burgundy. Roses, tar, violet and wild strawberries. Elegant. 94
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8/16/2019 - steinersing wrote: 93 Points
great elegance very round.
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11/1/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Christie's Dinner After HdB Tasting (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Served in 95/96/08 vertical. My favorite of the flight. Black cherry, anise and braised meat, with elegant textures and power on finish. This came across as the most "Gevrey" and most interesting of the flight.
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10/14/2016 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is drinking well tonight after a long decant. There is the classic '96 steely structure accompanied by delicious ripe cherry fruit along with notes of iron minerals and crispy acids. Finishes with a good spicy crunch but at this point is a bit less complex and deep as the Bachelet but more ready. Getting close to prime time drinking and the complexity could improve a bit with time.
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4/17/2016 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gorgeous nose of deep cherry spice with hints of smoky oak and coffee. Quite thickly textured and intense with delicious and crisp dark cherry fruit. Quite firm and structured with considerable acidity typical of this hard vintage but I think this is one wine that has the requisite fruit and balance to keep improving. Finishes with classic and grippy cherry mineral crunch and a deep complexity. There is still some oak here but it is dissolving appropriately in my opinion. Still needs time but is just beginning to drink well. 93+
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