Almost a year on from our last bottle. Deep, opaque colour with no discernable browning. For once, I tasted it as soon as I opened it and got excellent fruit but also savoury, smoky notes with surprising flavours of chorizo on nose and palate. Dark fruits took over on the nose but some savoury character remained. The palate showed soft dark fruits and tannins with complexity, spice, and very good balance. A star buy en primeur and well worth cellaring until now. Lovely wine. Note. A quarter bottle was retained and tasted next evening. It was still very enjoyable indeed - good dark fruit (more damson now), spice, smooth tannins (with cedar emerging).
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Just lovely. 1 hour decant thru Rabbit. That much more resolved than a year ago. Nice balance. Fruit has receded somewhat. I wonder if this is reaching its plateau? Move to drinking shelf.
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1/18/2024 - johnrm Likes this wine: 91 Points
Fully ready. Drinking very well now but has a good future ahead of it.
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12/25/2023 - Paul@bbott Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very good, cedar and blackcurrant, medium weight. A delightful cru bourgeois.
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8/28/2023 - johnrm Likes this wine: 91 Points
Almost a year on from our last bottle. Deep, opaque colour with no discernable browning. For once, I tasted it as soon as I opened it and got excellent fruit but also savoury, smoky notes with surprising flavours of chorizo on nose and palate. Dark fruits took over on the nose but some savoury character remained. The palate showed soft dark fruits and tannins with complexity, spice, and very good balance. A star buy en primeur and well worth cellaring until now. Lovely wine.
Note. A quarter bottle was retained and tasted next evening. It was still very enjoyable indeed - good dark fruit (more damson now), spice, smooth tannins (with cedar emerging).
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8/15/2023 - ThompsonandFrench Likes this wine: 92 Points
Just lovely. 1 hour decant thru Rabbit. That much more resolved than a year ago. Nice balance. Fruit has receded somewhat. I wonder if this is reaching its plateau? Move to drinking shelf.
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8/13/2023 - gout wrote: 90 Points
FUll red colour to edge, well developed nose, smooth entry, good fruit & balance with good length. Drinking well.
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