Bit volatile day one, all business day two. Big Xmas spice, feather light feel. Beware the bottle variation. — 2 days ago
Killer nose showing dark fruits, meat, olive, spice, menthol, graphite & violets — 2 months ago
Medium deep garnet ruby , quite thin garnet terracotta rim . This is quite classic and more austere on the nose after the 1990s , grafite , cedar, sweet spice , earthiness and mint. More dry and four square on the palate compared to the 1990s but enough stuffing to fill out. Cassis , plum and blackberry , coffee , grafite . Refreshing acidity , slightly grippy drier tannin. Sous bois , grafite , herbal character with good length and earthy cassis finish . This got better with time in the glass and probably should have been decanted . This shows there is some upside , from now , with time in the glass, and over the next 10 years. The wine that improved the most during the dinner , quite impressive . — 2 months ago


Ron Siegel
Youthful, structured with mostly black fruits, cassis, sweet spice, graphite, cedar, leather & tobacco — 9 days ago