Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Saturday, April 7, 2012 - My Birthday Celebration (Kingyo, Marina Square): I thought this was wonderful - as Burgundy-like a Barolo as I have ever had. It had a clear, soaring nose, with beautiful aromas of dark cherries and sweet berries, roses and earth, tar and smoke, all ringed with a lovely hint of fresh herbs and a touch of wood spice. Absolutely beautiful. The palate was charm personified. Fine tannins have started to soften out, revealing lovely layers of sweet, fleshy, juicy, and absolutely pure cherry flavours that filled the mouth with joyful, perfumy notes laced with more floral accents. The finish stretched on beautifully after that, still showing the wine's youth with its touch of fine tannins framing gentle notes of wood spice and a twist bittersweet herbs. With time, some smoky bacon notes floated out at the back-palate. Young though this was, it already had a lovely sense of integration and balance, along with an understated elegance shown most in its almost effortless sense of focus and purity. Really wonderful stuff, and given the fact that it is from an early vintage, actually starting to drink pretty well with some time in the glass. It says something that it was the fastest bottle to be downed on a night with many nice wines. This does deserve time though, and I think it will be a thrilling wine in 3-4 years' time. Special mention goes to the fact that this was a great pairing with the beef dish.

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