1938 Massandra Muscat White Muscat Livadia

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93 points

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  1/1/2020 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  New Year's (Chicago, IL): There's a slightly herbal thing on the nose that actually seems to crescendo on the palate; I compared it to Chinese medicine, but the more western analogue is probably an amaro. A little off-putting in appearance, given the murky brown, but the taste is certainly far better than how it looks. Fairly sweet, with a bit of a caramel-like texture and not much alcoholic kick. Kind of like a sweeter-than-average tawny port without as much burn. Pretty fun, but not a wine that's easy to consume more than a little of at a time, despite a decent acidic backbone.

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  1/1/2020 - psmith wrote:

  Not sure whether I liked this or not. There's a strange, somewhat confected menthol or Fernet note that didn't start out so prominent but that became really pronounced over time. The palate is more tawny port. It's pretty sweet, very brown, but with good balance throughout and a decent spine of acidity. Interesting, and certainly alive, but not necessarily good; in fact, I'm not interested beyond an oz or so every couple of hours. Either way, it's an oddity and fun enough.

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