5/21/2024 - kristofdossche wrote:

Still too early to drink. Nose is very closed and didn’t open up even after 4 hours. Wait another 3-5years

3/20/2024 - kristofdossche wrote:

Nose very closed. Taste rather young, light, fresh black berry, red fruit. Tannines present, more than expected for this 2017. Misses depth. Probably too early. Might wait 2 more years, but not sure if the wine will hold for more years.

2/20/2024 - kristofdossche wrote:

Nothing special, might be too young, but i don’t think this will evolve positively

10/9/2023 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

Excellent Bordeaux! Every bottle number is uniquely engraved in the glass. Reached full maturity now but will certainly last for another 5-7 y. No need to wait. No decanting needed. Poored after about half an hour. Earthy color. Nose is sweet tobacco, leather. Pallet a little oaky touch in the end. Tasted two bottles, in the last one which was opened and poored immediately, the oak and some tannine was still present. Glad I drank only 5 of 18 bottles so far.

9/24/2023 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

Still too early to drink. Needs at least 3 hours decanting before serving. Nose is disappointing. Taste lots of tannines, cherry.
Even after 5 hours still not fully opened. I changed the rating from 93 to 90.

9/20/2023 - kristofdossche wrote:

Too young to drink. Still lots of tannines. Dark fruit. Wait at lease 3 years, but probably small drinking window, 2026-2030.

8/24/2023 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

Drink now, will not improve

8/16/2023 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

Opened and tasted without decanting. Absolutely great and extraordinary taste but a little over the top. The bottle is one three left out of 12 I bought and stored under good conditions. Color shows ripeness. Nose is not great, with mainly wood, some earth, some leather. Taste of honey is quite overwhelming with some plum. Starts deteriorating after one hour. Still a great wine but over the top. Must drink now without decanting.

6/17/2023 - kristofdossche wrote:

Amazing wine. Nose is very powerful, leather, cacao, slightly vanilla. Dark plum, tobacco. No need for decanting. At its best now.

5/22/2022 - kristofdossche wrote:

Opened 1 of 8 bottles from my cave. Nicely filled up to the neck. Cork smelled moldy and broke. Decanted but poured and tasted immediately. Surprisingly it was in an excellent shape! Taste of gingerbread, caramel. Really amazing this sixty year old bottle was still very nice. After one hour it started to oxidate.

5/22/2022 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

Excellent!

4/30/2022 - kristofdossche wrote:

Unfortunately the bottle was flawed.

1/28/2022 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

When I opened the bottle it was a dissappointment. But after one hour the wine surprisingly opened up and was wonderful, but only coming to its full potential after two hours. Very good.

3/12/2019 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

Still good. Unbelievable wine. Drink immediately after opening. No decanting.

9/26/2019 - kristofdossche wrote:

Second bottle also flawed

3/1/2018 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

Tasted this wine with our Wine Tasting club. From the 12 bottles I picked the one nicelly filled in the neck. After decanting and resting for less than half an hour, it was still remarkably good. First nose was fade, but after 10 minutes, the wine opened completely. Looked and tasted like a real old wine does. Dark fruit, plum, caramel. Lovely. Can't wait to open other bottles. Considering its age and quality, this wine should rate 100!

6/5/2015 - kristofdossche Likes this wine:

Still very good. Should drink now.