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Highly aromatic nose of raspberry, redcurrant, graphite, licorice and cedar. Leanish, dry and classic, with firm acidity but less flesh than the '96. Lovely traditionally made claret, with terrific finesse and grip.
With massive, huge concentration, excruciating tannin, this earthy, meaty St.-Julien has everything...
Very, very dark and very, very powerful, and not yet fully evolved.
Half a dozen recent notes, all good but all with tannic grip...