Community Tasting Note

LotionInTheBasket wrote:

Sunday, February 4, 2018 - I was scared shitless that this would suffer from the same oxidization issues I read on other CT TNs. I popped it, and of course that was the first whiff I got. Pulled out a wide bottom decanter, poured it in and prayed. The color was akin to an orange wine. Its dark and unusual. I've seen and had well aged whites so this did not scare me, kinda made me more interested. Gave it an hour and it came to life. It shed the sulfur notes and there was strong honeysuckle with some citrus. On the palate its pretty viscous and comes across with a slightly burnt honey, orange pulp/rind, almonds, not much in minerality. Very layered, there's more there, just not adept at wording it in this case. Acidity is pretty mute, very soft. A decently long finish that lingers with nutty and citrus notes. Very surprised and will enjoy. It doesn't feel like its coming out of an oxidized phase like many with Rhones, its at the end of its time. Yet it drank very well with patience and you gotta drink up if you got these.

Edited: 3 hours later, great harmony, nuanced. Developing new depths of nuttiness and some dried fruit, white peach over honey.

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