Community Tasting Note

Collector1855 wrote:

Friday, July 2, 2021 - Tasted blind. Deep orange color. The group of very seasoned tasters, including an MW zoned in on this quite quickly and called the bottle. The nose had a strong lemon peel top note which was immediately followed by classic Sauternes aromas around smoke, lanolin, cedar wood, saffron, botritis visible. The palate felt slightly off dry but the wine is apparently dry. The puzzle was a nose that screamed sauternes, but a dry palate, so it had to be a dry Sauternes and there aren't that many old ones. The 1966 was richer and riper, the 1968, from a lean vintage had less botritis aromas but more lemon peel, orchard fruit. Both wines were not my style at all but it was a real treat to sample such old dry Sauternes. Thanks to the host for thoughtfully sourcing these.

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