2000 Ch. Guibot "La Tourvieille" Puisseguin St Emilion

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Popped another of these dudes last night with oak-grilled NY strips and roasted mixed veggies (sliced new spuds, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, 'shrooms, garlic cloves, red peppers). Muted nose needing an hour's decanting (and warming from cellar temperature), very soft entry with no hard edges, silky center of bruised black fruit, slipping off to a quiet exit. It nearly put us both to sleep at the table! Revived with a slice of chocolate cake and a wee tad of Warre's '92 LBV.