Tasting Notes 9 found

A business lunch (Restaurant Aan de Poel **, Amstelveen, NL): Steely acidity, ripe citrus, mild reduction, aromatic green herbs, minerally energy, complete finish, very good length. (890 views)

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Made with 100% Catarratto from Alcamo, chalk and clay soils, manual harvest, direct press, indigenous yeasts, aged in stainless steel on the lees for 7 months, bottled unfiltered with 20 mg/l sulfite. Crisp and minerally, cool and refreshing, apple and pear, hint of orange zest, steely acidity, direct, clean finish. Lovely wine. At pizzeria nNea, Amsterdam, NL. (931 views)

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Eck & Maurick 20th Anniversary Tasting (Caffè Toscanini, Amsterdam, NL): Slightly reduced. Like the Grillo this is fresh and minerally, but with a little more roundness, and creaminess. (705 views)

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From the contradas Buturro and Fossa di Neve in western Sicily. Bright and fresh and minerally, tart citrus, white flowers and a hint of nuttiness from the brief (4-6 months) ageing in chestnut vats. Uncomplicated but a lovely wine. At wine bar Paulus, Amsterdam, NL. (757 views)

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An organic wine, with characteristic purity and freshness, lovely fruit of ripe pears and orange zest, bracing salty minerality, some roundness from bâtonnage, ripe but refreshing acidity, clean flavours and good length. Clever wine making, excellent QPR at € 5.99. (787 views)

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Organically farmed vineyards in the Belice valley in the west of Sicily, 60% fermented in stainless steel at low temperatures, 40% in French oak; aged in stainless steel for three months with weekly bâtonnage. Cool and mineral style, crisp citrus fruit, green melon and ripe pear, clean and pure, floral top notes, attractive bitters, good length. Very nice Sicilian white, cleverly made, good QPR. (952 views)

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A private dinner (Restaurant De Nederlanden *, Vreeland, NL): A very interesting and refreshing style of wine, apples, strudel, nuts and spicy volcanic soil, ripe lemon, good weight of juicy fruit but also slightly austere bitters, energetic, good length. Went very well with the cheese. (1479 views)

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Vinoblesse Wine Tasting (Ernst Sillem Hoeve, Den Dolder, NL): Not an obvious wine, but displays real depth, soaring minerality, hint of apple, very gpod length. (2677 views)

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Not the zippy. zesty type of course but still cool and refreshing; not very expressive aromatically, hints of flowers and white almonds, mineral; from its bitters it builds this amazing flavour of the purest dried apricot - it's like actually eating one! (946 views)

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