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• Duncan wrote: flawed

  August 26, 2015 - Quite light in colour: faded red rose petals. On the nose, attractive strawberry aroma and a whiff of alcohol. On the palate - oh! acid! That is surprising: not something I've encountered in any d'Arenberg before. A cherry and berry flavour to the sweet juice, and a kick of tannin in there somewhere; but by far the over-riding impression is of acid. Not sure what to make of it, to be honest. At first I thought it might be faulty, but with the right food (lamb, tonight) the acidity is just about held in check. I'm a big fan of this winery, and have enjoyed this wine before, but tonight it's not hanging together, and the acidity verges on overpowering. 14.5%, screwcap.

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• Duncan commented:

  9/6/15, 2:22 PM - 24 hours later the wine is even more out of balance, the swingeing acidity making it undrinkable. So uncharacteristic of d'Arenberg that I have to remove the score and mark it as faulty.

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