Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Friday, February 28, 2020 - 13% alcohol.

Deep and concentrated burnished golden yellow color with subtle lime-green highlights. Dense, sweet and very concentrated nose with complex, heady aromas of acacia honey, honeydew melon, some orange marmalade, a little bit of cloudberry jam, light floral notes of honeysuckle, tertiary (and perhaps botrytized?) hints of beeswax and mushrooms and a touch of canned pineapple. The wine is ripe, full-bodied and medium-sweet on the palate with complex, developed flavors of cloudberry jam, some canned pineapple, a little bit of ripe apricot, light notes of beeswax, a hint of mushroomy portobello character and a touch of orange marmalade. The wine is quite oily and viscous on the palate, but the relatively high acidity keeps the wine balanced and from coming across as heavy or sticky. The finish is oily, quite sweet and relatively fresh with lengthy flavors of pineapple, stony minerality, some apple peel bitterness, light grapey tones, a little bit of cantaloupe, a hint of orange marmalade and a touch of exotic spice.

An outstanding, impressively complex and wonderfully developed Pinot Gris from the sweeter end of the spectrum. Although the wine is showing some developed characteristics, it still isn't particularly old or tertiary yet and shows even a bit of potential for future development. Despite its quite big and somewhat sweet overall nature, the wine is still very balanced and even surprisingly fresh for the style, thanks to the relatively high acidity. It is pretty obvious that this was a well-kept bottle with quality provenance. Outstanding value at 20,60€.

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