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..Thick, large-scaled and very strong in extract; layered and deep. Strong but harmonious acidity gives the wine a vibrant character. Conveys a sense of totally expressed soil. Finishes with substantial ripe tannins and superb sweetness..
...promising nose of cassis fruit, earth, minerals, and oak. Full-bodied, marvelously concentrated and pure...
More subtle and subdued than the 1984, this is a wine of complexity and finesse, though the currant and black cherry flavor is tighter than I recall from previous tastings.
...deeply impressive; fragrant, spicy; full-bodied very good fruit and flavour...richly coloured; velvety yet tannic.