Signs of past seepage; base neck fill
Removed from a subterranean wine cellar; Purchased upon release; Consignor is original owner
Base neck fill; light label condition issue
Removed from a subterranean wine cellar; Purchased upon release; Consignor is original owner
Light label condition issue
Removed from a temperature and humidity controlled wine cellar; Purchased at retail
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One of the finest wines of the vintage, it is complete, full-bodied, and seamlessly built with beautiful ripe tannins, low acidity, and a luscious, layered mouthfeel.
Intense, powerful and tightly tannic, with a complex mix of smoke, tobacco, green olive, herbs and black spice to go with ripe cassis/black cherry fruit. Multi-layered, even in infancy.
Lovely floral lift contributes precision to the aromas of raspberry, rose petal and licorice. Sweet, high-pitched and sharply delineated; velvety but not thick. There's a juicy quality to the ripe red fruit, mineral and graphite flavors...
... shows blackberry, black currant, cedar and baker’s chocolate flavors. Will slowly open and reach maturity after 2011, and could easily develop for far longer...