Community Tasting Notes 5

• Tony Ling Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 6, 2020 - PNP into 薄はり葡萄酒器 (“Flower” day): Medium orange copper to the eyes with very fine deposits, great colours.
  
  On nose there is a lot of ripe and luxurious preserved stone fruits like apricots, some yellow fruits and some mandarin peels. There is also a sense of salinity that one can smell here that sets it apart, no detectable VA here. More forward and inviting compared to my distant memory of its counterpart.
  
  Highly mineral, very well judged, mouth watering acidity welcomes the taster, very refined from the attack, mid palate to finish. Some fresh-grounded spices towards the finish but the most impressive element here would be its mid palate intensity incorporating all its aromas on nose, followed by a stylish clean finish. This was done without any compromises on its structure too.
  
  This reminds me of the initial impression of the 1969 Krug vintage tasted with its luxurious fruits, but also the soft touch elegance of a top flight ouille style (a little more towards a Vin Jaune?) Jura Savagnin, though this particular bottle is more about its exuberant mid palate concentration rather than its finish.
  
  Hard to not give this at least 94 points, will certainly pair with any food but there is probably also no need. Reserved for longer term observations.
  
  1 hour upon opening, 1/4 into the bottle: With some time in glass a little mushroom like notes emerged, and forgot to mention per above that tannins are basically non-existent here...

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• wineamateur wrote:

  March 10, 2012 - An extraordinary orange-bronze colour, like an amber ale. A bit muted at first, but opened up with successive waves of aromas: marzipan, almonds, a touch of balsamic vinegar, then strawberries and peaches. Notwithstanding the hints of balsamic, this was clean and fresh and had a smoth satiny mouthfeel.

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• lollo wrote: 90 points

  February 5, 2010 - with a grilled tuna or in olive oil this is the wine to drink.This wine will be excellent with veal and pork,
  it must be open 1 hour earlier and should served at 15/16 degrees, not too cold,
  it is pretty complicated to describe this very particular wine.
  it is not filtered so the colour is dark pink the smell is intense and the taste is long in the mouth mixing a number of fruits from apricots to peaches
  
  Lolllo

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• LoireFan wrote: 91 points

  November 7, 2008 - At See Saw in Scottsdale, AZ. $60 (a fair price, unlike some others on their crazy long list)
  This was very settled down, past prime, but still a great match for the food at See Saw (a non-traditional Japanese restaurant with a 28 Zagat rating). I learned you should hold this wine for 8-10 years; I already knew it's too wild upon release.

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• wineamateur wrote:

  January 11, 2008 - Extraordinary wine. Deep, amontillado-sherry-like colour, pronounced oxidisation, yet still fresh-tasting and somehow wonderful. Unique.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Orange
• Producer Radikon
• Varietal White Blend
• Designation Oslavje
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Venezia Giulia IGT

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