Open, damp earth and a little menthol lanolin/, fine and elegant, iodine light bretty characters developing, wet leather and damp forest mushroons, red cranberry and cherry fruit, earthy, very ripe fruit on palate round and complex, grilled red pepper aroma, very long, superb.
Very elegant and fine, still big and powerful for a bottle this old, complex and showing youth, menthol hints, soft fine balance, long, complex, truffle and cinder toffee. Still incredibly showing lots of red ripe fruits, cedar wood and elegant tannins.
(lots of thick depo!) Very rich spicy and smoky nose, bacon fat, very meaty, oxo cube beef, incredible concentarion of fruit still for this age, very full and fresh, blackcherry and dried strawberry, salami and parma ham, med dark bowl with a wide rim of orange brick.
Incredible nose! Deep honey and roasted nuts, intense petroleum and citrus mineral lime characters, very complex, palate has great balance, exquisite poise and elegance, amazing richness but light and refreshing, palate changing from heavy and honeyed into light cirus and mineral with one sip, amazingly long. A real treat.
Ronan is an excellent organiser and mentor and has one of the best wine knowledge in UK.
Isa Bal MS, Head Sommelier, The Fat Duck