Community Tasting Note
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Goldstone Likes this wine: 94 points
June 9, 2021 - 'Farewell Alexandria' Lunch (Table, 8th Floor, The Pemberton, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong): Decanted for an hour and then re-bottled before taking to the lunch. Fully opaque, almost black cherry in colour. Nose is lovely spice box of dried powdered spices. Sandalwood. Palate is beautifully fresh and jewelled with super refreshing acidity. Very elegant. Deceptively massive resonance and reverberance that sneaks up on you gradually. Endless length. Perfect bottle I bought at a charity auction and donated by a friend who had sourced it directly from the Bodega.
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Harley1199 commented:
6/22/21, 10:03 AM - Lovely event with those selected bottles, dear Goldstone ... BTW if pork was coming from here what the hell would be that "char siu"? :-) If it was mandarin nothing else to say ...
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Goldstone commented:
6/22/21, 10:17 AM - Hi Harley, thanks for the compliment. ‘Char Siu’ is a Chinese traditional method of preparing and cooking pork, as you may know. Obviously it normally involves local Chinese pork. This restaurant has simply raised it a level by substituting Spanish Iberico pork as the base material.
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Harley1199 commented:
6/22/21, 10:29 AM - Thanks for that information ... I've been there only twice and learned that expression ever, eating several dishes of pork even but I have to recognise my taste were to dim sum and to fresh fish... My entire fault for sure. Anyway a bit of Jamón pata negra never disappoints.
I'll insist that was a nice Rioja wine selection.
Cheers,