Definitely needs 3-4 hour decant. I knew it was too young but took a chance. Very lean, austere and almost unpleasant for an hour. Opened slowly and was actually better on day 2. Very intense, great penetration of iodine, red plum, black fruit, and cassis flavors. Cigar leaf note as well. A 50 year beauty, probably not ready to drink for another 5 years., but good enough tonight with A5 and radicchio. Love the way the acidity holds its own against the beef fat and radicchio’s bitterness.
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Very young. Opened and let breathe in bottle for 3 hours. Cassis , violets, pepper , smoke and lots of very interesting savory notes. Nice silky tannins. This wine oozes class.
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2/4/2024 - Peter Spijker wrote: flawed
Not sure if this was corked or not, but there was definitely something wrong here. Not much fruit, quite harsh (but no cork smell)...
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2/2/2024 - ThijsV wrote: flawed
BYOB dinner and then some; 2/1/2024-2/2/2024 (Avalon, Amsterdam): This was unfortunately flawed. There was a debate whether it was corked or not
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11/23/2022 - OenoEd Likes this wine: 94 Points
Definitely needs 3-4 hour decant. I knew it was too young but took a chance. Very lean, austere and almost unpleasant for an hour. Opened slowly and was actually better on day 2. Very intense, great penetration of iodine, red plum, black fruit, and cassis flavors. Cigar leaf note as well. A 50 year beauty, probably not ready to drink for another 5 years., but good enough tonight with A5 and radicchio. Love the way the acidity holds its own against the beef fat and radicchio’s bitterness.
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5/30/2020 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very young. Opened and let breathe in bottle for 3 hours. Cassis , violets, pepper , smoke and lots of very interesting savory notes. Nice silky tannins. This wine oozes class.
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6/23/2019 - aquacongas wrote: 92 Points
Koehler-Ruprecht The best Dries and some add-ons; 6/23/2019-6/27/2019 (Neuhof am See): Blind
Too much oak and tannins harsh, austere, missing sweetness and sexieness in this stage. 92
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