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Bordeaux trip with friends, Jan-Feb 2025; 1/30/2025-2/2/2025 (Bordeaux, St.Emilion) : This is a very good wine, but not the most complex, nor fresh one! Maybe at this age it is not the best moment to judge its quality. Red fruited wine, espresso, cedar on the nose. The palate is polished, excellent tannin-structure. Nothing to complain about, well made. But for me it is lacking the freshness and complexity for a higher score

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter (The Landmark, London) : Dirty glass/washing up liquid scent initially - more rinsing. Red and blackcurrant, fruit lozenge, slight herbaceous underpin, pencils shavings sweet spice,. Medium plus acidity, talc textured tannins, fresh, flavour profile as per the nose, very nice indeed, instantly engaging. Yum

Flowers, herbs, truffle, chalk, espresso, red and black pit fruit with a touch of cedar and green, forest leaves are found with ease on the nose. On the palate, the wine is concentrated, dense and intense, with layers of ripe, showy, polished, fruits that come in richly-textured waves blended with herbs, spicebox, toasty oak and black cherries. There is ample lift, weight, concentration and freshness here that accompany the wealth of fruit to keep you interested. Drink from 2027-2049.

Fresh and stony, with good purity to the plums, cherries and blackberry, this wine offers additional complexities of spice box, crushed rock, licorice, mint and espresso. There is ample lift, weight, concentration and freshness, along with a wealth of fruit to keep you interested. 95-97 Pts