Obviously years away from reaching its peak, but it was a special birthday wine and I have a lot of years on me. Awesome example of Bordeaux excellence.
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Drank it too young, but it’s still magestic now. Ended up decanting 3-4 hours but it was approachable out of the bottle.
Has all the usual Bordeaux suspects: dark fruit, graphite, leather, balanced with a licoricey freshness. But: oh wow. Everything is perfectly aligned at 98%. Nothing clipping or going off scale, and nothing missing. Massive power perfectly composed and aligned and balanced. Serious and also accessible. Gorgeous rich but not heavy texture. A velvet glove inside another velvet glove inside another velvet glove.
I debated about 99 vs 100. The argument for 99 was that it’s not exactly a wow, and that it will for sure improve with age. The argument for 100 is that it’s a whoa, and it’s already plenty great. So I went with that. Looking forward to seeing it again in a few years. I can’t exactly imagine how it will improve — it’s already completely integrated. I suppose I could imagine opening up a bit.
Oh and the tannins: super fine and quite noticeable on your teeth.
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2/17/2024 - Hppr Cellar Likes this wine: 99 Points
Just as good as last time. :)
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11/12/2023 - yukoner Likes this wine: 98 Points
Obviously years away from reaching its peak, but it was a special birthday wine and I have a lot of years on me. Awesome example of Bordeaux excellence.
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10/29/2023 - twoheadedguy Likes this wine: 100 Points
Pure bliss. Young but one can tell where it’ll go. I’ll open another in a few years. Others capture the tasting notes well.
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7/13/2023 - dl112056 wrote: 98 Points
WS 98
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5/15/2023 - sh6k Likes this wine: 100 Points
Drank it too young, but it’s still magestic now. Ended up decanting 3-4 hours but it was approachable out of the bottle.
Has all the usual Bordeaux suspects: dark fruit, graphite, leather, balanced with a licoricey freshness. But: oh wow. Everything is perfectly aligned at 98%. Nothing clipping or going off scale, and nothing missing. Massive power perfectly composed and aligned and balanced. Serious and also accessible. Gorgeous rich but not heavy texture. A velvet glove inside another velvet glove inside another velvet glove.
I debated about 99 vs 100. The argument for 99 was that it’s not exactly a wow, and that it will for sure improve with age. The argument for 100 is that it’s a whoa, and it’s already plenty great. So I went with that. Looking forward to seeing it again in a few years. I can’t exactly imagine how it will improve — it’s already completely integrated. I suppose I could imagine opening up a bit.
Oh and the tannins: super fine and quite noticeable on your teeth.
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