I believe it was Lalande, but i guess both are 
Yes, you are correct, Claus,
And confused by Mike Grammar, it was that, not the Baron, to which i was referring. (My bad.)
way to go, Mike!!!
Todd - Excellent note. I had this wine a few weeks ago and I concur completely. Great wine in a nice spot.
I have three more bottles and I anticipate enjoying them in the very near future, given the spot they are in
Fortunate to have 10 more bottles, so I will hopefully be following the evolution for a long time.
3 < 10
Sigh……
I’d say “confusion to the enemy” except Josh is so nice and definitely not my enemy! 
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I’m friends with you, I’m well-accustomed to having ‘less than’
Yes, I know, I am frequently there for counseling you when you experience that situation.
FWIW,
I think I mistook all the praise for the Lalande because of the two it is the wine I generally prefer. I find it has a grace, yet with spine, that Baron often lacks.
And I agree, Lalande definitely more graceful than Baron, in this vintage as well, but I don’t mind a bit of an earthy bruiser as long as it is balanced, as this one is
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Opened another bottle of this wine last night - well, technically I Coravin’ed one glass a week ago, and was disappointed. I felt it was ‘closed’, perhaps, but after this thread I’m now quite certain it was sediment, as the Coravin stirs up sediment, and this wine had plenty of it judging by how much I had to leave in the bottle when pouring (with light source) into a decanter.
Happy I did, and now I can affirm that one should definitely not use a Coravin on a bottle 25 years old (if prone to sediment, and red, I suppose). Was singing after 2 hours in the decanter, a generous Pauillac in every way.
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I have never been a particular fan of Coravin. I don’t particularly like the concept of opening a bottle, and my experience has shown that there is some deterioration. Hard to be sure, as each bottle is different, so trying to find a control that is totally convincing, but anecdotally, I have never had a bottle to be quite as good as I expected.
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+1.
If anyone wants my Coravin (gen. 2, I think) at a heavy discount, send me a PM. Nothing wrong with it; I simply don’t use it.
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My dad left an unused Coravin. I have never even bothered to try it.
I have a brand new Coravin, gifted to me 3 Christmases ago. Never used it.