Deep golden. A fully mature and notably ripe nose (though with no sous-bois) with background hints of pine needles leads to rich, delicious and imposing big-bodied flavors that are supported by a firm acid spine on the unusually dry finish in the context of the vintage. After two hour's worth of aeration, the nose began to play right on the edge of oxidation and it's possible that this bottle was displaying just a hint of premox as the color worried me initially. Still, this was an excellent wine for the first hour or so. Another recent bottle was clearly affected by premox.

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