1996 Taylor Vargellas

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winesecretary
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1996 Taylor Vargellas

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From half bottle. Pop and decant and pour.

Nose pretty much non-existent albeit it is cellar cold. Vague hint of red fruit?

Chocolate cherries in kirsch on the palate.

Tart cherries and pebbles on the finish.

This is pretty nice, a bit more advanced (or better balanced, or more mature) than the last half of this I had a couple of years back, but I'm not unhappy about that difference.

But even so, on the evidence of this half, in bottle I suspect this need another 10 years to reach peak.
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