Somewhat surprisingly at 20+ years of age, this showed much like a 750 ml example did in 2023: A reserved, even restrained nose is elegant, pure and cool while showing relatively little secondary character to its spicy black fruit aromas that are trimmed in just enough wood to notice. There is a lovely mouth feel to the rich, full and naturally sweet medium weight flavors blessed with fine precision and minerality on the vibrant if still mildly austere finish. Where it diverges from its 750 ml counterpart is that this is still sufficiently youthful that it could benefit from another 5 to perhaps 10 years of age.

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