Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, July 16, 2010 - Simple Series VI: Grosses Gewach Dinner (Peach Garden, OCBC Building): This was a great surprise - good, but this was surely the underperformer of the night. An off-bottle perhaps? Or has this fallen asleep? The only resemblance it bore to the incredible bottle I last tried was on the nose, which was beautiful. Rich scents of treacle, toffee and toast rose from the glass, rather richer and stickier than the last bottle, alongside lacy citrus grapefruit notes and deep chalky mineral and stone nuances. Wow. It was at once lovely, refined and deep and inviting. The palate was quite a let-down though. Rather straightforward, with lemon and grapefruit flavours at the fore, along with some guava towards the mid-palate. Rich, weighty, balanced for sure, but somehow lacking the cut and precise definition that so marked the last bottle for me. Finish still had the same lovely length, with peachy flavours mingling with breadfruit and a touch of mineral. I would love to retaste another bottle - this one was good, but really disappointing after the last experience.

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