Penfolds Tasting with the Wine Society (Old Trafford): Rather pale yellow with greenish tinges. Light, fresh nose - slightly minerally with some lime-y notes. On the palate, fresh and light, but quite full at the same time. Bit flat and develops a rather odd, not entirely pleasant taste in the mouth, a bit like wet flannel and chalk, which grew even further on finish. A second glass from another bottle was cleaner and a bit fresher, but not an especially notable Riesling, being rather muddy and unfocussed. Came back to this at the end of the evening, so another bottle (the last half glass at the end of the bottle) proved to have much clearer citrus notes on nose and in the mouth. Really quite a refined nose, with cirtus and mineral notes well balanced. Some refreshing acidity makes it a very dry mouthful. A taste of a fourth bottle was very much the same as the third.
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12/10/2012 - Hifiguyoz wrote:
Past its best
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1/30/2011 - marckuipers wrote: 89 Points
Prima belegen riesling. Half geel. Smalle aanzet, riesling neus. Lekker drinkbaar met korte nadronk.
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5/15/2001 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 84 Points
Penfolds Tasting with the Wine Society (Old Trafford): Rather pale yellow with greenish tinges. Light, fresh nose - slightly minerally with some lime-y notes. On the palate, fresh and light, but quite full at the same time. Bit flat and develops a rather odd, not entirely pleasant taste in the mouth, a bit like wet flannel and chalk, which grew even further on finish. A second glass from another bottle was cleaner and a bit fresher, but not an especially notable Riesling, being rather muddy and unfocussed. Came back to this at the end of the evening, so another bottle (the last half glass at the end of the bottle) proved to have much clearer citrus notes on nose and in the mouth. Really quite a refined nose, with cirtus and mineral notes well balanced. Some refreshing acidity makes it a very dry mouthful. A taste of a fourth bottle was very much the same as the third.
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8/25/2000 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - South Aust trip (2) Barossa (Henschke/Penfolds/Seppelt/Magill): Almost colourless. Incredibly intense lime nose. Immensely round & mouthfilling with zingy acid. Freshness city here. In bottle for 1 week.
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