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2015 Jean Stodden Spätburgunder
5/6/2024 - KingsIndian wrote: 87 Points
Despite the bottle age this is very tight on opening with a muted red berry nose. After a long decant (1-2 hours) it develops more personality with sour cherry, raspberry and white pepper, but remains extremely acidic with a slightly discordant bitterness. Much better with food but ultimately slightly disappointing.
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2022 Testalonga El Bandito Sweet Cheeks
4/25/2024 - KingsIndian wrote: 87 Points
'Left-field' whites (TWS North London) (Must and Lees, Liverpool Road): Definitely left-field and a fitting end, though I did have to go back to the Musar and some others to ensure it didn't have the final say!
Though marked as 'sweet/dessert' on CT, this is misleading. The nose is definitely in line with that description - tons of violet and other florals, reminding some of us of chalky purple sweets from the 90s; I also got some hay and grassy notes. But the palate was surprisingly straightforward, lean and clean with notes of drying fruit - a little bitter orange. Not at all sweet and quite a pleasant if simple dry white wine.
Confusing!
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2001 Chateau Musar Blanc
4/25/2024 - KingsIndian Likes this wine: 93 Points
'Left-field' whites (TWS North London) (Must and Lees, Liverpool Road): This won Wine of the Night by a distance, but I didn't feel it was so far ahead of the others as the votes indicated. On the nose I initially had a startling but thankfully fleeting memory of the smell of gym bags and changing rooms, which blew away with time.
Overall, this is not yet showing its age at all. It's less oxidised than you might expect, with those indigenous Lebanese varietals (Obaideh and Merwah) working their magic. Hugely rich and opulent and retaining a lot of fruit (especially baked apples and quince), but the predominant memory is butter, nuts, mellowness and enjoyment.
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