A 20 year old second wine from a decent enough but not great vintage. Bought as an experiment to see how this second wine ages. Top provenance. It didn’t have great complexity but the notes below are accurate - classically pauillac (dark plums and pencil/graphite) but Merlot clearly the vehicle. A nice hint as to what the grand vin is like.
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Very impressive second wine with clear secondary notes of sweet tobacco, leather and some barnyard. Beautiful color, intense and energetic nose with a distinct scent of lead pencil. Tannins emerged after a few hours, revealing it has a lot left in the tank. Great showing.
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For a 20 year old the wine pours out fairly dark and there really isn't much bricking on edges. The nose is somewhat muted but gives off some herbal notes, tobacco as well as dried dark fruit. In the mouth there is still a good bit of primary fruit, mainly ripe black cherry and dark plum along with hints of tobacco and leather. The tannins are somewhat resolved but still a bit grainy and grippy and the acidity is quite vibrant.
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Still a firm grip of tannin with secondary cedar and oak, and cigar box. Fruit opened up to cherry plummy notes. Drinking beautifully now, but will hold up a bit longer. Good value for a mature second wine
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7/18/2021 - Macdog Likes this wine: 92 Points
A 20 year old second wine from a decent enough but not great vintage. Bought as an experiment to see how this second wine ages. Top provenance. It didn’t have great complexity but the notes below are accurate - classically pauillac (dark plums and pencil/graphite) but Merlot clearly the vehicle. A nice hint as to what the grand vin is like.
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4/30/2021 - JRavn Likes this wine: 92 Points
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3/6/2021 - martinvolmerpedersen@gmail.com Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very impressive second wine with clear secondary notes of sweet tobacco, leather and some barnyard. Beautiful color, intense and energetic nose with a distinct scent of lead pencil. Tannins emerged after a few hours, revealing it has a lot left in the tank. Great showing.
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2/14/2021 - vin0vin0 Likes this wine: 90 Points
For a 20 year old the wine pours out fairly dark and there really isn't much bricking on edges. The nose is somewhat muted but gives off some herbal notes, tobacco as well as dried dark fruit. In the mouth there is still a good bit of primary fruit, mainly ripe black cherry and dark plum along with hints of tobacco and leather. The tannins are somewhat resolved but still a bit grainy and grippy and the acidity is quite vibrant.
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9/8/2018 - MuzzaTing Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still a firm grip of tannin with secondary cedar and oak, and cigar box. Fruit opened up to cherry plummy notes. Drinking beautifully now, but will hold up a bit longer. Good value for a mature second wine
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