Community Tasting Notes 5

• Cailles wrote: 88 points

  December 31, 2023 - 20 Top Wines of the 1983 Vintage: To conclude the tasting, we had three sweet wines. By then, I had reached my limit with wine and didn’t take detailed notes. Unfortunately, the Yquem (NR), which could have been a highlight of this vintage, suffered from cork taint. The other two, the Rieussec (91pts) with a slight wet cardboard note affecting an otherwise enjoyable experience, and the Tokaji Wine Trust Tokaji Aszu 6 Puttonyos (88pts), which I found too cloying for my liking, were solid but not extraordinary, especially so late in the tasting.

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• G_H wrote: 89 points

  November 25, 2023 - 40 years on: A global 1983 retrospective: Candied sugar, burnt caramel, figs, chocolate. Good length and sweetness but it was lacking a certain cohesion and felt too heavy and a bit simple.

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• sirpat00 wrote: 89 points

  November 25, 2023 - 1983 vintage horizontal with >20 wines, mostly from Bordeaux. Key observations: 1/ Acceptable vintage for Champagne with DP over-delivering, 2/ Laville Haut Brion is a masterpiece among the whites, 3/ Bordeaux is going strong at 40 years of age with stand-outs Latour and Margaux. 4/ No need to chase any Napa’s from the vintage, 5/ off-piste Italians kept up impressively with Soldera an undisputed medalist.
  
  Tasting note:
  Densely packed with candid fig and fresh fig, coffee and toast notes. The coffee aromas carry over into a nice aftertaste on the palate. Otherwise felt weakly structured.

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• TomJa Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 8, 2023 - This is madness. 39 years old and so fresh. Apple sirup (Dutch appelstroop), rubber tires, burned nuts and bruised apples. Strong acidity but well balanced with the sweetness. Great length.

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• shafer1994 Likes this wine: 90 points

  November 20, 2022 - Old wine. Amber brownish color. Sweet nose. Caramel, pineapple, honey and notes of caramelized apple. Medium finish. At the end of drinking window.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1983
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Tokaji Wine Trust
• Varietal Furmint Blend
• Designation Aszú 6 Puttonyos
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Hungary
• Region Tokaji
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Tokaji

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• In Cellars 10 (91%)
• Consumed 1 (9%)

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