The Sampler Xmas Icons 2017: Plenty of colour on this wine still, impressive for the age. The nose is leather and earth and nice plum fruit, there’s a hint of truffle too.the palate isn’t so developed, and there’s still a few drying tannins amazingly. A fair length finish. Still life here but the fruit isn’t keeping up with the structure.
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Weekly tasting group #168; Very mature wines. (@ DJ): Cola brown color. In the bouquet coffee, tea and celery. On the palate full bodied, but dead and gone. Sharp and old age acidity. No pleasure at all anymore.
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12/9/2017 - kingkanu wrote: 90 Points
The Sampler Xmas Icons 2017: Plenty of colour on this wine still, impressive for the age. The nose is leather and earth and nice plum fruit, there’s a hint of truffle too.the palate isn’t so developed, and there’s still a few drying tannins amazingly. A fair length finish. Still life here but the fruit isn’t keeping up with the structure.
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12/8/2017 - SlimShaney wrote: 89 Points
Very impressive in the glass. Lovelly history though metallic acidic sourness pervades.
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5/25/2015 - Zweder wrote:
Weekly tasting group #168; Very mature wines. (@ DJ): Cola brown color. In the bouquet coffee, tea and celery. On the palate full bodied, but dead and gone. Sharp and old age acidity. No pleasure at all anymore.
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11/30/2005 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 85 Points
Christie's Pre-Sale Tasting (Amsterdam): Sound but old, drying.
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