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Wonderfully rich, silky & mouthfilling but not at all heavy, showing considerable baby fat... with a powerful stony underpinning. Seriously rich, ageworthy wine... A star of the vintage... a very strong if fully ripe impression of terroir.
...nose of citrus zest, white flowers, tart pineapple and struck flint, framed by some spicy new oak. On the palate, this full-bodied wine reveals tension and definition that it seemed to miss in barrel, its glossy attack now backed by a nicely chalky structure and a deep, properly reserved core.
The relatively sleek and solidly concentrated middle weight plus flavors possess both fine volume and richness while exhibiting first-rate length on the stony, mildly austere, lemony and agreeably dry finale.