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Bubbling over with crushed berries, currants and spices, with tobacco notes. Beautiful. Full bodied, with gorgeously velvety tannins and a long finish of pretty fruit.
Wonderfully pure, dense, with a deep ruby/purple color and loads of fruit, definition, and a long finish...
...Extremely suave, fine-grained and concentrated, with a strong spine of acidity. Finishes firmly tannic, subtle and very long. This should develop slowly.
...Racy with green-apples character and admirably long. This still seems to have been the most successful Pauillac first growth in this uncharming vintage...