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JAMES SUCKLING: "An eye-opener. This really takes off at the end, with blackberry, tapenade, chocolate powder and cedar. It’s full-bodied and tight with solid tannins that are fine and less velvety than previous vintages. Less new wood than in the past. Crunchy. 100% merlot."
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FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Reifes Heidelbeerkonfit, schwarze Kirschen, reife Zwetschken, zart nach Lakritze, kandierte Orangenzesten, feine Edelholznuancen. Kräftig, dabei kühl und frisch, reife Kirschen, feine Tannine, mineralisch und lange anhaftend, sicheres Reifepotenzial."