Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Saturday, March 26, 2011 - Loire Odyssey, Part I - the Non-Chenin Whites (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): A very decent wine, but I did not like it as much as I thought I would with a Henri Bourgeois. If anything, I thought the oak and fruit here was just a little disjointed. It had a very bright nose with lots of expressive scents - gooseberry, passionfruit, green peppers, green pears, a touch of meadow herbs, grass and a little pee. Pleasant enough, but I could not decide how much I liked it. The palate came across as a bit of a ripe fat variety. It was bright and high-toned with lots of acid that kept it balanced and un-flabby, but there certainly was plenty of plump flesh as well. Flavour-wise, there was an ample amount of grass and spice, but also lots of ripe lemons and grapefruit in there. I thought it was nudging closer to NZ then Sancerre to be honest. The finish was decent enough, with a bit more spice and some capsicum and a strange , slightly disjointed layer of nutty popcorn fand roasty toasty smoke note hints floating around. Lots of acid. Bright. High-toned.

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