Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - Grower's Champagne, Grand Cru Burg and Grosses Gewach Riesling (Artisan Cellars, Palais Renaisance / Jade Palace, Forum Galleria): Just gorgeous. Beautiful nose, extremely unique, with subtle hints of white musk, violets and lavender and a touch of fragrant soap suds - almost like walking through a Body Shop outlet, but all very restrained and controlled. Underneath the perfumed scents, there was tons of depth, with sour plum, some squid ink (I did say unique!), some meaty, chicken-like flavours, minerally limestone, earth and oyster shell. A touch Chablis-like in this aspect. Lots of hidden depth on the palate too. A bit tight when it started, but certainly round and full, with lots of power already evident. With time, flavours of apple, more musk and flowers - rose I thought - came through, and more umami chicken meat tones. I found this to be a very complete wine, with a lovely balance between freshness and weight, and between fruity and savoury characters, and a seamless feel from the nose to the palate and into the beautiful finish that had an almost salty savouriness paired with dry, minerally tones. Very addictive - I could easily down a bottle of this by myself over a nice meal.

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