From a great looking bottle with a VTS fill. Slow ox’d for 2 hours then decanted an hour before drinking. Amber tawny color. Ethereal nose. Notes of black cherries, roses, cola, rhubarb, barnyard, gravel and some menthol. Still has a good core of fruit. Some tobacco notes develop and the cola thing becomes stronger with air in a glass. Impactful finish. After about 90 min this started a decline. At its peak this was ethereal and amazing. The key is to time the opening, air time and consumption to find it at its best.
From a great looking bottle with a VTS fill. Slow ox’d for 2 hours then decanted an hour before drinking. Amber tawny color. Ethereal nose. Notes of black cherries, roses, cola, rhubarb, barnyard, gravel and some menthol. Still has a good core of fruit. Some tobacco notes develop and the cola thing becomes stronger with air in a glass. Impactful finish. After about 90 min this started a decline. At its peak this was ethereal and amazing. The key is to time the opening, air time and consumption to find it at its best.
Jul 13th, 2020Darkest of the older Bordeaux today, almost opaque. Pencil and graphite notes in the nose, black fruit and a hint of mint. Nice fruit in the mouth. Really good.
Darkest of the older Bordeaux today, almost opaque. Pencil and graphite notes in the nose, black fruit and a hint of mint. Nice fruit in the mouth. Really good.
Jan 4th, 2016
Amazing wine, so fresh at 63 yrs that kept developing in the glass with a deep, dark color, notes of berry, currant fruit, cedar, leather, earth, sweet spices, graphite & tobacco
Amazing wine, so fresh at 63 yrs that kept developing in the glass with a deep, dark color, notes of berry, currant fruit, cedar, leather, earth, sweet spices, graphite & tobacco
Sep 28th, 202456 yrs old and still drinking young. Deep dark color, black & red fruits with mint, cedar, leather, graphite and tobacco.
56 yrs old and still drinking young. Deep dark color, black & red fruits with mint, cedar, leather, graphite and tobacco.
Jan 28th, 2017
Contender for WOTN and absolutely stunning!!! Drank much younger and tasted blind the consensus around the table was that it was an 82. Such a special bottle
Contender for WOTN and absolutely stunning!!! Drank much younger and tasted blind the consensus around the table was that it was an 82. Such a special bottle
Nov 13th, 2016
Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
