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• 2016 Enclos Tourmaline

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  4/21/2024 - PghMike Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Color is beautiful and deep but not quite opaque. Pop and pour was redder fruited and nose was reticent. Took a sip then decided to decant for a few hours. Gained weight quickly and opened up. Violets and baking blackberry pie on the nose. Fresh blueberries everywhere on the palate with some clove. Finish is outstanding. Almost fullin body with a velvety feel. Very long life ahead as evidenced by the significant structure and tannins as well as acidity to match.

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• 2019 Château Léoville Barton

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  3/30/2024 - PghMike Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Inky royal purple color. Nose is blackberry pie, herbal and chocolatey. Hard to say how a young wine could find better balance. Incredibly pure fruit, acid, fine tannins and structured. Black and blue fruited and graphitic. A little tar and anise. Beautiful and long finish. Near the top of the 2019s I've had so far.
  
  Thinking this is a drink more soon or lay down for a while situation.
  Seemed most open for business in the first four hours. Tightened up a bit after that.
  
  14 percent abv

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• 2016 Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino

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  3/22/2024 - PghMike Likes this wine: 92 Points

  On the lighter end for a brunello in color and flavor. Nose matches the palate. Strawberry carries the day. Perhaps a bit tight and needing time as it became deeper and richer as the night went on. Finishes long.

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