{375ml, screwcap, 11%} Deep yellow/gold. Lovely botrytis nose of apricots & marmalade, with a semillon sweetness showing an aging quality. The palate is quite developed now compared to a few years ago; there's a real burnished quality to the flavours. It's pleasant and enjoyable, but whatever complexity it had is fading now, and this is ready to drink. Good medium-bodied wine in a richly decaying mould.
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Definitely aging now. There are distinct brassy/burnished aspects to the quince/apricot/botrytis fruits here. There's still a little acid holding it together, and the flavours are aging pleasingly, but the structure feels pretty loose. Get into this quickly now.
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{375ml, screwcap, 11%} Brilliant gold. Almost desperately luscious, and developing, nose. Full flavours of apricot and marmalade, with a little brulee character coming with some years in bottle now. Tangy palate, richly sweet, adding orange rind flavours and plenty of botrytis. Much developed just lately; recommend drinking within 2 years lest it turn to flab.
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{375ml, screwcap, 11%} Light gold. Fresh clean nose, light hints of botrytis with the honey, caramel and quince aromas. The palate is quite sweet, but clean and relatively light, the good impression given by this wine being guided by its balance, rather than size or massive sweetness. For all this, it remains quite soft, and suggests it's drinking pretty well at peak now (interesting to see this won the sweet wine trophy at the 2009 Sydney Royal Wine Show, ahead of its more prestigous sibling Noble One...)
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1/11/2012 - graemeg wrote:
{375ml, screwcap, 11%} Deep yellow/gold. Lovely botrytis nose of apricots & marmalade, with a semillon sweetness showing an aging quality. The palate is quite developed now compared to a few years ago; there's a real burnished quality to the flavours. It's pleasant and enjoyable, but whatever complexity it had is fading now, and this is ready to drink. Good medium-bodied wine in a richly decaying mould.
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4/18/2011 - graemeg wrote:
Definitely aging now. There are distinct brassy/burnished aspects to the quince/apricot/botrytis fruits here. There's still a little acid holding it together, and the flavours are aging pleasingly, but the structure feels pretty loose. Get into this quickly now.
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1/4/2011 - graemeg wrote:
{375ml, screwcap, 11%} Brilliant gold. Almost desperately luscious, and developing, nose. Full flavours of apricot and marmalade, with a little brulee character coming with some years in bottle now. Tangy palate, richly sweet, adding orange rind flavours and plenty of botrytis. Much developed just lately; recommend drinking within 2 years lest it turn to flab.
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5/8/2010 - majamke wrote: 84 Points
Strong nose of molasses and tar that follows onto the palate, turning into an intense toffee sweetness.
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2/27/2010 - Opusone99 wrote: 89 Points
Robe assez claire, sucré, assez épais, toujours aussi bon, coule bien, belle expression.
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7/18/2009 - graemeg wrote:
{375ml, screwcap, 11%} Light gold. Fresh clean nose, light hints of botrytis with the honey, caramel and quince aromas. The palate is quite sweet, but clean and relatively light, the good impression given by this wine being guided by its balance, rather than size or massive sweetness. For all this, it remains quite soft, and suggests it's drinking pretty well at peak now (interesting to see this won the sweet wine trophy at the 2009 Sydney Royal Wine Show, ahead of its more prestigous sibling Noble One...)
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