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Thursday, October 29, 2015 - I thought I would open a single bottle after a 6 pack arrived yesterday. It was auctioned wine, so why not.
So this has an excellent nose of serious fig and peach syrup and a slight touch of white flower. The taste is very much like fig concentrate with pitted fruit added, like canned peaches, dried apricot. Enough acids to keep this from feeling cloying be a dense viscosity. More dessert oriented than some Vouvray Demi-sec but this could easily be paired with shellfish or white fish. Sweet crab would be nice or very fresh sea scallops or perhaps fresh oysters on the half shell. A touch of pleasant bitterness pops up now and again. Almost impossible to identify but I would like in to grapefruit pith. A very fun, enjoyable version of dessert Chenin. I probably scored this much too low, but I'm comparing it against Huet Cuvée Contance. Chenin Ice Wine from WA state is just so different, perhaps as I have vintages of 2012 and 2014. I doubt I could keep Kiina almost 20 years with that artificial cork. Perhaps better screwcaps is the way.

This well aged auction wine is great. Very fun and now I don't have that bit of buyers remorse I had when buying a 6 pack off the auction. I told them to keep the OWC, but usually auction wines in OWC have been stored correctly. I'm impressed. Not as mineral laden as most Vouvray but some chalky, limestone is present.

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