Explosively rich, extremely spicy fruit with thick, old vine extract that completely coats the mouth and wraps the round, ripe tannins such that they seem almost invisible. Long, dense and sweet. Very impressive though this lacks some of the detail the finest examples of this legendary wine often show. This is one of those wines that has so much extract that it seems deceptively forward yet this should age for a very long time.

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Similar deep ruby-red. Pure perfume on the nose: cassis, kirsch, violet, licorice, tobacco, game. Like a rare liqueur whose formula is locked up in the heads of two monks. Great volume and sweetness in the mouth; fruit saturates the entire palate and anything else it can reach. Really extraordinarily concentrated. These grapes were picked with near-14% potential alcohol; the yield, according to Roty, was about 28 hectoliters per hectare, not particularly low for these ancient vines planted in 1881. Fabulous brooding fruit on the finish, along with suave, superripe tannins. Another dimension of concentration and texture.

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A fabulous red that will knock your socks off. Offering the best of both worlds, it mingles the modern-style oak treatment with the traditional grilled meat, toasted spice, smoked bacon, mineral and wet earth notes. Lush, powerhouse finish. Full-bodied, deep and complex, it needs time to show all it has.

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This was very closed, which really surprised me for a 1995, so it was not showing the complexity and layers that i expect from a TVV. Wait for 5+?