Full throttle right out of the bottle. Deep and complex nose with kind of the same fruit character as a Campari - strawberry, spicy orange peel and faint red cherry. There's also a nice floral lift of rose petals, some spicy resin and medicinal herbs.
Medium bodied with medium(+) acidity. Vibrant and very precise on the palate. The skins contact provides a bit of tannic grip but they are very smooth and refined. Very clean and focused flavors that has the same layer upon layer feel as the nose. Long, intense finish.
It feels like this wine is in a very good phase now but in the beginning of it's preferred window. Open, inviting and complex but not much of tertiary aromas to speak of.
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Drank over three days. A slight cloudy, medium amber in the glass. A complex and challenging nose to discern that eventually revealed blood orange, kumquat, raspberry sherbet, a lifted, floral note of orange blossom, a wet river rock minerality, and a passing resemblance to Lucozade Original. So inviting. Supremely bitter - the bitterness really is exceptional - and slightly waxy on the palate with grapefruit pith, melon skin, and bitter orange marmalade. With each passing day the bitterness mellowed, harmony increased, and concentration intensified. The maceration - which takes place in oak - provides a wonderful roundness to the wine. A delicious, highly impressive expression.
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Pinot Gris, Vitovska, Malvasia and Sauvignon in equal parts. Fermented on the skins and aged for two years in botti.
Wild, spicy and aromatic nose upon a solid base of ripe peach, wild strawberry, dried apricot, lychee and orange. Some floral notes of rose petals and rose hips comes through as well.
Full bodied with vibrant acidity and very smooth texture. Again a wide spectra of different fruits and spicy citrus peel. Great intensity to the flavors and not a trace of bitter notes. Long and spicy finish.
This was a great bottle in great shape. Drinking very well right now and I will pop my last bottle within a year.
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More towards pink than orange. Clearly unfiltered. Gewurzy nose with slight hints of grape, cider, balsa wood and oak. In mouth: nice balance, fine acidity and some blood grape. Not for long cellaring. May be quite close to its peak. Would buy again. 91 - 92.
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Oranges and rosewater with warm spicy touch and a hint of something piney in the background. Full bodied but rather lively on the palate with perfectly balanced palate and tannins biting in the aftertaste. Somewhat leathery and pretty quinine-like feel, but still the fruit manages to shine through so beautifully. Oranges, apricots, lychee and rosewater. Long finish. Just beautiful. Very pure.
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Red berries, currant leaves, sous bois and crayfish. A bit oxidixed. The jury’s still out whether this was correct or a little bit flawed, although it was perfectly drinkable and quite interesting.
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8/5/2022 - karl.1480 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium pink orange color.
Full throttle right out of the bottle. Deep and complex nose with kind of the same fruit character as a Campari - strawberry, spicy orange peel and faint red cherry. There's also a nice floral lift of rose petals, some spicy resin and medicinal herbs.
Medium bodied with medium(+) acidity. Vibrant and very precise on the palate. The skins contact provides a bit of tannic grip but they are very smooth and refined. Very clean and focused flavors that has the same layer upon layer feel as the nose. Long, intense finish.
It feels like this wine is in a very good phase now but in the beginning of it's preferred window. Open, inviting and complex but not much of tertiary aromas to speak of.
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3/6/2022 - paintinginacave Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank over three days. A slight cloudy, medium amber in the glass. A complex and challenging nose to discern that eventually revealed blood orange, kumquat, raspberry sherbet, a lifted, floral note of orange blossom, a wet river rock minerality, and a passing resemblance to Lucozade Original. So inviting. Supremely bitter - the bitterness really is exceptional - and slightly waxy on the palate with grapefruit pith, melon skin, and bitter orange marmalade. With each passing day the bitterness mellowed, harmony increased, and concentration intensified. The maceration - which takes place in oak - provides a wonderful roundness to the wine. A delicious, highly impressive expression.
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3/22/2021 - LoireFan wrote:
Excellent but a little more rambunctiousness than usual.
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1/14/2021 - LoireFan wrote: 92 Points
Very pleasing.
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12/25/2020 - karl.1480 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pinot Gris, Vitovska, Malvasia and Sauvignon in equal parts. Fermented on the skins and aged for two years in botti.
Wild, spicy and aromatic nose upon a solid base of ripe peach, wild strawberry, dried apricot, lychee and orange. Some floral notes of rose petals and rose hips comes through as well.
Full bodied with vibrant acidity and very smooth texture. Again a wide spectra of different fruits and spicy citrus peel. Great intensity to the flavors and not a trace of bitter notes. Long and spicy finish.
This was a great bottle in great shape. Drinking very well right now and I will pop my last bottle within a year.
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9/21/2019 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 90 Points
Interesting and fun. 13%
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5/4/2019 - KidC Likes this wine: 92 Points
More towards pink than orange. Clearly unfiltered. Gewurzy nose with slight hints of grape, cider, balsa wood and oak. In mouth: nice balance, fine acidity and some blood grape. Not for long cellaring. May be quite close to its peak. Would buy again. 91 - 92.
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12/24/2018 - skrabal.radek@gmail.com Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dominant Pinot Gris. Pairs well with a black tartufo salami. Does not hold well in an open bottle.
Overall: The 2015 is way better and also very different.
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10/12/2018 - avp wrote:
Oranges and rosewater with warm spicy touch and a hint of something piney in the background.
Full bodied but rather lively on the palate with perfectly balanced palate and tannins biting in the aftertaste. Somewhat leathery and pretty quinine-like feel, but still the fruit manages to shine through so beautifully. Oranges, apricots, lychee and rosewater. Long finish.
Just beautiful. Very pure.
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10/3/2018 - arvidpalmqvist wrote:
Red berries, currant leaves, sous bois and crayfish. A bit oxidixed. The jury’s still out whether this was correct or a little bit flawed, although it was perfectly drinkable and quite interesting.
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