Beautiful wine. Strong aromas of orange peel, flowers, honey, quince. Full texture, piercing acidity, good finish. Paired with chocolates for a friend. Very good with white.
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Amazing wine but I definitely killed it too early and too late in the night, if you know what I mean. Acidity was high and delicious, balanced by nuttiness and ripe fruit.
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Light Apricot & pineapple, decent acid up front, slightly sugary finish. 50cl was £12 from Sainsburys. I prefer their 37.5cl Sauterns for the same price.
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NYEve at friends'. Brought by a fellow diner, another light style à la mode of Tokay, but this time at least delivers on the "Late Harvest" description (unlike a recently noted underwhelming 5putt St. Stephan's Crown example). Pineapple and tropical fruit-led, very much in the style of a sound if slightly sugary Mosel spätlese. Saved by decent acidity. Mimicry I suppose is a complement, but I still yearn for the dark rich (?agricultural) full bodied cold war style of Tokay. Progress!?? Drink young over the next 12 months.
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gained more nuance the second day. Can't touch the concentration and intensity of top Sauternes, but an all-around great quality sweet wine, balanced and relatively slender with decadent fruit, florals, and botrytis.
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I'm not usually the biggest fan of dessert wines but this wasn't bad for a lower priced sweet wine. Not a whole lot of depth but it also wasn't horribly overwhelmingly sweet.
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Botrytis, late harvest, and healthy dry fruit blended to make this blend. Lighter version of tokaji, a hint of development, with modest sweetness. Ripe peach, clean palate & finish. Very nice.
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$15 by the glass at Yono's. Bright, light, fresh, delicious. Great balance and harmony. Lots of tropical fruit. No describable botrytis. Auslese sweetness.
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Good tropical fruit (incl. pineapple). Quite complex but fresh and not overly sweet or cloying. Would be better than many sweeter wines with blue cheese and puddings. Nice wine. Tasted at Grand Union Wine Society.
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8/22/2019 - Madera16 Likes this wine:
Beautiful wine. Strong aromas of orange peel, flowers, honey, quince. Full texture, piercing acidity, good finish. Paired with chocolates for a friend. Very good with white.
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8/18/2019 - VinoMomNola Likes this wine: 89 Points
Amazing wine but I definitely killed it too early and too late in the night, if you know what I mean. Acidity was high and delicious, balanced by nuttiness and ripe fruit.
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2/9/2019 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 88 Points
not on par with the puttonyos releases from this winery, but an enjoyable after dinner apricot and honey blend.
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1/24/2019 - mysterycooper wrote: 84 Points
Light
Apricot & pineapple, decent acid up front, slightly sugary finish.
50cl was £12 from Sainsburys.
I prefer their 37.5cl Sauterns for the same price.
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12/31/2018 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 88 Points
NYEve at friends'.
Brought by a fellow diner, another light style à la mode of Tokay, but this time at least delivers on the "Late Harvest" description (unlike a recently noted underwhelming 5putt St. Stephan's Crown example). Pineapple and tropical fruit-led, very much in the style of a sound if slightly sugary Mosel spätlese. Saved by decent acidity. Mimicry I suppose is a complement, but I still yearn for the dark rich (?agricultural) full bodied cold war style of Tokay.
Progress!?? Drink young over the next 12 months.
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4/6/2018 - zhearr wrote: 90 Points
gained more nuance the second day. Can't touch the concentration and intensity of top Sauternes, but an all-around great quality sweet wine, balanced and relatively slender with decadent fruit, florals, and botrytis.
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10/10/2017 - ChrisWagner wrote: 86 Points
I'm not usually the biggest fan of dessert wines but this wasn't bad for a lower priced sweet wine. Not a whole lot of depth but it also wasn't horribly overwhelmingly sweet.
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4/2/2017 - Gargantua wrote:
Great! Felt somewhere between spatlese and auslese for the RS level. Fleshy with some corn aromas, was nice with apple pie.
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3/15/2017 - fhayek Does not like this wine: 55 Points
The worst wine in a long, long time.
Definitely not corked.
But definitely undrinkable.
Agressive and repulsive corny character + offensive, dumb and artificial sweetness. No body, no acidity, no nothing.
Absolute shame.
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2/14/2017 - pdev wrote: 90 Points
Botrytis, late harvest, and healthy dry fruit blended to make this blend. Lighter version of tokaji, a hint of development, with modest sweetness. Ripe peach, clean palate & finish. Very nice.
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1/21/2017 - kenv Likes this wine: 92 Points
$15 by the glass at Yono's. Bright, light, fresh, delicious. Great balance and harmony. Lots of tropical fruit. No describable botrytis. Auslese sweetness.
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8/13/2016 - johnrm Likes this wine: 88 Points
Good tropical fruit (incl. pineapple). Quite complex but fresh and not overly sweet or cloying. Would be better than many sweeter wines with blue cheese and puddings. Nice wine.
Tasted at Grand Union Wine Society.
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