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Tasting note: (with thanks to Dr. Reed Day). The nose on the '96 Clos des Ruchottes is stunningly elegant with really dazzling purity of fruit and leads to relatively supple though barely medium weight flavors underpinned by now largely resolved structure and healthy acidity. As it usually is, this is quite earthy with a truffled-quality to the slightly drying finish. While there is no danger of this going over the hill any time soon, I would be drinking the '96 Ruchottes over the next ten years as it risks drying out with too much time in bottle because while the tannins are almost fully resolved, the lack of full phenolic maturity suggests that the acidity may come to dominate the finish. Tasted thrice with consistent notes.
Tasted: Dec 06, 2009
Score: 89
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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