Premier Cru Table (The Fifth Avenue Hotel): First pour was stunning, lifted dark fruit borderline complete/the legendary 85. Second pour shows more acidity and thinner palate, but still very good. 94-95
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"The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Chicago, IL): Very compelling secondary and nascent tertiary notes here, with a lovely herbal tone and some dried floral aromas. The nose isn't as perfumed and lifted as some of the younger wines, but there's definitely a lovely old wine perfume here. On the palate, this is rounded out with a lovely silky texture. For me, I think this would have been more interesting a few years ago, when there was still some more freshness.
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Consistent notes. Except this time stood the bottle up for a couple weeks to clear the cloudiness. CLassic Syrah on the nose - spices, pepper, garrigue, anise, grilled notes. Some brett on the nose but did blow off after an hour or so. Overall very good but no benefit to waiting.
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11/16/2023 - hprphf Likes this wine: 94 Points
Premier Cru Table (The Fifth Avenue Hotel): First pour was stunning, lifted dark fruit borderline complete/the legendary 85. Second pour shows more acidity and thinner palate, but still very good. 94-95
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11/23/2022 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 Points
Good acid. Tertiary but still fresh with white pepper, olives and dark fruit. In a very good place. It is so subtle, smoothe and giving.
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11/10/2022 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
"The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Chicago, IL): Very compelling secondary and nascent tertiary notes here, with a lovely herbal tone and some dried floral aromas. The nose isn't as perfumed and lifted as some of the younger wines, but there's definitely a lovely old wine perfume here. On the palate, this is rounded out with a lovely silky texture. For me, I think this would have been more interesting a few years ago, when there was still some more freshness.
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4/1/2019 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points
Mid range dark red fruit. Contained spice and soil notes, with the floral lift largely gone from this bottle. Good bottle.
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1/12/2019 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 94 Points
Consistent notes. Except this time stood the bottle up for a couple weeks to clear the cloudiness. CLassic Syrah on the nose - spices, pepper, garrigue, anise, grilled notes. Some brett on the nose but did blow off after an hour or so. Overall very good but no benefit to waiting.
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