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Opened my 3rd bottle tonight with grilled burgers. Pnp and letting it air out in the bottle. Writing this a little shy of two hours after opening.
Nose of ripe dark berries, tar, garrigue, Turkish coffee, pencil shavings, damp earth, forest. Still-present tannins with good acidity. Flavors of black and blue fruit, berries, black licorice, pepper, herbs, meat smoke. This is super-complex, but I think it may be a touch less accessible than when I wrote the original TN. 92 for me at the moment and I’ll try and save the last bottle for at least 2 more years. Despite me rating it slightly lower than 3 years ago, it’s really delicious and right in my wheelhouse.
I opened one of these in January and while excellent I thought it could still use some time so have decided to not open another for at least 2 years.
