Community Tasting Note
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Paul S wrote: 92 points
May 7, 2015 - KR's Farewell (Imperial Treasure, Great World City): Grumpy and rather unfriendly at first, this opened up with time to reveal a stylish Chardonnay. On first pour, the nose was a strange mix of sulphur, oak and reductive tones. It took some time, say about 15-20 minutes to open up and show a nicer bouquet of cream, yellow fruit and floral aromas along with a toss of roasted peanut aromas. The palate took some time as well, but when it did open up, it came across as being very well-proportioned. There was good depth and weight to its mix of yellow fruit and red apple flavours, but these were also held in a lovely dry balance, with well-integrated acidity and a nice sense of minerality driving the wine into a long finish. A nice wine, somewhat perched between the old and new worlds. While drinking well young, I think it will benefit from a few years in the cellar yet.
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