A fine vintage for this. Nose smells like very fine St. Estephe but lighter. Olives (duh), moss tree bark, some cassis, sweet berries, beautiful. So fragrant and has layers of complexity. A 9.6 nose. Truly wonderful. Palate is so velvety, elegant yet substantial and with world class structure and length. This is easily a 50 year wine. It needs a decade and it’s already 12 years old. It’s delicious but the structure is dominating now. The finish is like 2 minutes and has a Pauillac in a good vintage fruit soak and the tannins are just amazing. But so so young. Needs mega hours open. Let’s see.
24 hour update. So much more integrated. Tannins are there. But velvety and meaty. Elegant, sweet and deep. 9.5 to 9.6. Stunning.
A fine vintage for this. Nose smells like very fine St. Estephe but lighter. Olives (duh), moss tree bark, some cassis, sweet berries, beautiful. So fragrant and has layers of complexity. A 9.6 nose. Truly wonderful. Palate is so velvety, elegant yet substantial and with world class structure and length. This is easily a 50 year wine. It needs a decade and it’s already 12 years old. It’s delicious but the structure is dominating now. The finish is like 2 minutes and has a Pauillac in a good vintage fruit soak and the tannins are just amazing. But so so young. Needs mega hours open. Let’s see.
24 hour update. So much more integrated. Tannins are there. But velvety and meaty. Elegant, sweet and deep. 9.5 to 9.6. Stunning.
Nov 26th, 2021Soaring nose. This is on it tonight. It really smells like green/black olive hence the name. Almost a clay like mineral herbal thing as well. Really great nose. Palate still showing grip, structure and nice freshness. Very olivey on the palate as well with lovely ripe and grippy tannins. So juicy, yet dark and deep. Could use an hour to open but that nose is ready to go.
UPDATE on DAY 2 - what a stunner now. Fruit and tannin integrated. Slamming. 9.2 to 9.4.
Soaring nose. This is on it tonight. It really smells like green/black olive hence the name. Almost a clay like mineral herbal thing as well. Really great nose. Palate still showing grip, structure and nice freshness. Very olivey on the palate as well with lovely ripe and grippy tannins. So juicy, yet dark and deep. Could use an hour to open but that nose is ready to go.
UPDATE on DAY 2 - what a stunner now. Fruit and tannin integrated. Slamming. 9.2 to 9.4.
1 person found it helpfulNov 27th, 2016
Först var den väldigt stängd och tobaksrökig men med lite luft öppnade den upp sig. Då kom mörka bär, mer balanserad tobak, svamp, skog och källare! Stramare än jag trodde den skulle vara.
Först var den väldigt stängd och tobaksrökig men med lite luft öppnade den upp sig. Då kom mörka bär, mer balanserad tobak, svamp, skog och källare! Stramare än jag trodde den skulle vara.
Jul 13th, 2016
Chinon, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
