Amazingly, this hasn't really changed all that much since my last review of 2013 as the nose is still noticeably oak-inflected along with the same gorgeously complex aromas of resin, petrol, spice, pear, white peach, apricot, honeysuckle and acacia blossom. There is excellent size, weight and punch to the imposingly scaled broad-shouldered flavors that drench the palate in dry extract yet the precision and detail are nothing short of remarkable. There is superb depth of material, all wrapped in a still pretty tightly wound yet massively long finish that is borderline painful in its intensity. This is still clearly very young and while it's coming along, it's doing so glacially. If there's a nit, and it's admittedly a minor one, I would have expected to see somewhat better integration of the wood by now and as such I have lowered my score by one point; that said, this remains a remarkable wine in every other respect and as it is still some years away from its apogee, continued patience is advised. I would note that a bottle tasted in 2024 was premoxed.

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