Community Tasting Note

dcwino wrote:

Sunday, September 21, 2008 - (AP#26) Pop and pour. Slight hint of green, very light color. Starts a bit tight, lemon, hint of pineapple, granny smith and only a hint of mineral. The first sip is extremely sweet, getting close to BA, unctuous and the acidity is only noticeable at the end which prevents from being cloying and clumsy. The palate unlike the nose shows strong presence of limestone and seashell.

With 20 minutes of air, it really opens up. The nose shows pear, white peach, granny smith, pineapple, limestone a la les clos, white flower, expensive spicy perfume and botrytis. There is beautiful interplay of intense sweet fruit, mineral and piercing acidity. It has layers upon layers of complex flavors of various lighter fruits as well as the tropical ones, white flowers, honey suckle, white pepper, nutmeg, allspice, star anise, coriander seed, limestone, petrol and etc.

This wine has incredible scale and currently a bit overwhelming. One of the biggest wines I had in my life. It is a privilege to taste such a wine.

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