DRC, Tache Vintage:2017 I feel that it has

I feel that it has decayed a little since my last note in 2010

the vigor of the plants is naturally reduced

crème brûlée and marzipan

It is just a case of waiting for the nose to open because the palate really shows the potential here

Funnily enough

DRC, Tache Vintage:2017 I feel that it hasAs it was from cask this is more restrained than usual and it requires aggressive swirling to coax the pure and spicy essence of red berry fruit aromas to emerge from the glass where there is a slight hint of herbal tea present. There is a similar reserve to the distinctly focused and linear flavors that enjoy a seemingly unlimited reserve of dry extract that renders the fine grained and silky tannins almost invisible at present though I suspect that