2009 Mollydooker Verdelho The Violinist

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 85.2 points

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  7/15/2015 - peterchoy wrote: 90 Points

  Appearance: Bright and clear, it has light lemon color, with watery rims and legs.
  Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of green fruit of pear, citrus fruit of grapefruit and lemon, autolytic notes of yeast, dairy notes of cream, maturity notes of rubber, oak notes of toast. The wine is developing.
  Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has high alcohol and medium body. It has medium (+) flavors of dairy notes of cream, oak notes of butterscotch, citrus fruit of grapefruit, green fruit of pear. The wine has a medium finish.
  Conclusion: Good quality Australian Verdelho, with an intense nose showing plenty of complexity, which demonstrates how this varietal can ripen and showing all the different aromas if it is ripe and well-made. The palate is in balance, with good concentration in flavors, reasonable complexity and even though a bit heavy it does not have an overpowering burning feel despite its high alcohol level. With a nice finish, the wine is ready to drink and not supposed for further ageing.

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  3/10/2014 - DanielJ Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I'm a bit conflicted by this wine. It's interesting with a nice depth of flavor. But the flavor is a bit weird. A bit of caramel and tropical fruit. I don't think I would want to drink it often but it's not bad.

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  2/14/2012 - awilliamson4 wrote: 86 Points

  I opened this on a night with about 4 other whites and it just was so totally different than everything else we were drinking i initially hated it. Then i left it in the fridge overnight and tried it the next day. I liked it much more this day. It had a big punch of petrol on the nose and palate and had some nice crispness to it. Overall this aint my cup of tea, but for $6 that I paid it was pretty good value.

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  9/9/2011 - thecasses wrote: 88 Points

  She probably needs to lay down for another year.

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  1/24/2011 - maderay wrote: 70 Points

  OK. Taste and smell of gasoline.

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