From magnum. Opened for friends & neighbors at a belated New Year's party. Very nice, mature, tangy & saline. From magnum. No sign of oxidation or excessive age. Temperature counts for a lot - drink at cool room temp for the best depth and complexity. 'Fridge temp or anything near to it strips the wine of flavor and character.
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Much better showing than the previous bottle. Full of lemons, honeydew and seaspray. A gentler, less acidic palate presence than some years, reflecting the riper vintage (although it's not soft or flabby), but with no lack of oceany mineral character.
I think this was the first vintage of Briords I ever tasted, more than ten years ago. It has all come together very nicely.
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Magnum. What a gorgeous wine. Still dynamic and bright. All the individual Briords elements: salinity, wet stones, tart apple have knit together beautifully into a compressed, focused whole.
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This bottle showed quite advanced. Darkening gold color, some nuttiness, honeyed yellow fruit, a bit short. Drinkable but I suspect more pristine bottles would show better.
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1/11/2023 - fitzi wrote:
From magnum. Opened for friends & neighbors at a belated New Year's party. Very nice, mature, tangy & saline. From magnum. No sign of oxidation or excessive age. Temperature counts for a lot - drink at cool room temp for the best depth and complexity. 'Fridge temp or anything near to it strips the wine of flavor and character.
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4/2/2022 - coremill wrote: 90 Points
Much better showing than the previous bottle. Full of lemons, honeydew and seaspray. A gentler, less acidic palate presence than some years, reflecting the riper vintage (although it's not soft or flabby), but with no lack of oceany mineral character.
I think this was the first vintage of Briords I ever tasted, more than ten years ago. It has all come together very nicely.
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4/22/2021 - RichardsFLX Likes this wine:
Magnum. What a gorgeous wine. Still dynamic and bright. All the individual Briords elements: salinity, wet stones, tart apple have knit together beautifully into a compressed, focused whole.
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12/22/2020 - winchester-xi Likes this wine:
Excellent and at peak.
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11/20/2020 - coremill wrote: 85 Points
This bottle showed quite advanced. Darkening gold color, some nuttiness, honeyed yellow fruit, a bit short. Drinkable but I suspect more pristine bottles would show better.
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