Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Thursday, February 13, 2014 - Dim Sum Club celebrates CNY with Teochew Lo Hei (Cheng Hu Tien, Keong Saik Road, Singapore): Wow, this was really nice - a wine that snuck up on you with just how good it actually was. It was just so understated and easy to drink that it was easy to miss its more rarified qualities. The nose seemed a bit simple at first, with a sweet, very honeyed character. However, with a bit of air and after warming up a little in our glasses, it slowly unfurled with super-complex notes of musk and mineral, kumquats and sweet plum sauce, with a nice earthiness trailing behind - a beautiful, subtly nuanced bouquet. The palate was sweet as well, but not cloying in any way. In fact, it came across more fresh than sweet, with lovely acidity winding its way through yummily layered flavours of malt honey and spiced apples, kumquats, some peach melba, and then earth and mineral notes pulling into a long graceful finish. This was so well-integrated and balanced that our glasses emptied almost too quickly, because the wine only truly came alive when the food arrived, especially when it was paired with deep-fried Toechew liver-rolls wrapped in beancurd skin. Drank with the meaty rolls dipped in a sweet plum sauce, the wine blossomed in an incredible way, taking on a deliciousness moreishness that echoed the food wonderfully. Excellent stuff. It may not have the depth and oomph of the great sweet Loire wines, but it was memorable in a quiet, reflective way.

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