Community Tasting Note

Gargantua wrote:

Thursday, December 24, 2015 - I'm not sure if this bottle is slightly oxidized or perhaps heat damaged, but this was a really bizarre showing. Freakish nose with corn, milk, and salt in the forefront, and a palate attack that reminds me a bit of some over the hill Alsatian whites I'd had from auction many years ago, which I surmised were scarred with acetyldehyde...but the odd thing is that the glass residuals of this wine smelled of prettier, fresh Chenin fruit. I figured that's where the wine is heading, and double decanted it then let it sit in a decanter for a half hour; at first it seemed to reduce the odd aromas on the nose, but ultimately couldn't really shake it from its odd aromatic core. I have no idea what the story really is here. From Rimmerman and properly cellared, so, no reason to think heat damage, but... odd indeed.

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