The wine needs time to develop post opening. The first notes had a sweet light cooked fruit which worried it us and thus avoided decanting but with the benefit of hindsight careful decanting would have helped the wine evolve. As time went by it relaxed in the glass, shed it heavy fruit notes and showed a more balanced side of it. The fruit is still there, a touch on the heavy side as expected but not dried and unlike the Ca’Martina 93 (Papies -90) that followed this didn’t have the lactic remnants of oak abuse in its elevage. Silky tannin, well round and one to enjoy sooner than later. 91-92

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