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...complex bouquet of peonies, wild berries, rose petals, orange rind, exotic spices and sweet soil tones...full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentrated, beautifully ripe tannins and lively balancing acids. Powerful and resonant, this vintage stands out for its sheer plenitude and structural finesse...
...beautiful wine, with beautiful aromatic and flavor complexity...well-integrated structural chassis... The bouquet wafts from the glass in a fine, black fruity blend of black plums, black cherries, cassis, roasted pigeon, a complex base of soil tones, espresso and cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very precise...superb core of fruit, excellent backend mineral drive, ripe, buried tannins and lovely length and grip on the poised and well balanced finish.
...intense blackberry and bilberry fruit, superb mineralité...palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, crisp acidity and a persistent saline finish. Excellent.
Really snazzy and gorgeous with breadth, sweetness and a suggestion of dunked digestive biscuits. Beautifully polished tannins. And real energy as well as all that sweetness. The fruit almost subsumes all the fine tannin.