Ridiculous wine. So complex but not overwhelming or cloying. Pours like motor oil. Nose is crazy with chocolate, dates, rum raisins, cloves, allspice, hay and a hint of cayenne. Palate is equally complex with green plum, spice cake, preserved lemon, candied cherry, black tea, hints of smoked paprika, Aztec hot chocolate and peanut butter. This is seriously amazing wine. Happy birthday, Chris ; )
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Excellent, superb liquid black gold. 18% alc. An old favourite with Martin O'Shannessy who gave me this for my 70th. How long would it last?- seems fresh still. Colour: dense jet black. Motor oil. Bouquet: rich, unctuous, toffee, molasses, dates, raisins, Christmas pudding Palate: just as bouquet, almost syrupy. Bitter-sweet with some black coffee amongst the otherwise overwhelmingly sweetness, burnt chocolate, caramel, figs, liquorice. Despite richness, it's fresh, with good acid, clean long finish. April 2020
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This was the current release in 2011 when I was in Spain. Liquid sugar, with molasses and maple syrup. Exotic scents of licorice, incense, char. As always, super sweet and unctuous on the attack, yet hyper bright and fresh on the finish. A little goes a long way. Wonderful in its style.
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(Bodegas Toro Albala Montilla-Moriles Don PX Gran Reserva) From 375 ml - opaque black red violet color; lifted, black prune, lemon oil, apricot, VA, coffee nose; rich, prune, dried black fruit, smooth, molasses, apricot palate with more acidity than most PXs; very long finish 93+ points
1/18/2022 - MarshallWine wrote: 99 Points
Stunning. Thick and rich, not cloying, and not overly alcoholic. Currant, molasses. One of my favorites ever.
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10/1/2021 - Osiris021 wrote: 94 Points
No formal notes. Motor oil. Alcohol comes through just a little bit too much. Delicious anyway.
Edit. Bottle was open for about two weeks and it was even better during the last few days. Very smooth. So I'll give it a few more points.
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8/15/2020 - mattym19 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Ridiculous wine. So complex but not overwhelming or cloying. Pours like motor oil. Nose is crazy with chocolate, dates, rum raisins, cloves, allspice, hay and a hint of cayenne. Palate is equally complex with green plum, spice cake, preserved lemon, candied cherry, black tea, hints of smoked paprika, Aztec hot chocolate and peanut butter. This is seriously amazing wine. Happy birthday, Chris ; )
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4/12/2020 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 99 Points
Excellent, superb liquid black gold. 18% alc. An old favourite with Martin O'Shannessy who gave me this for my 70th. How long would it last?- seems fresh still.
Colour: dense jet black. Motor oil.
Bouquet: rich, unctuous, toffee, molasses, dates, raisins, Christmas pudding
Palate: just as bouquet, almost syrupy. Bitter-sweet with some black coffee amongst the otherwise overwhelmingly sweetness, burnt chocolate, caramel, figs, liquorice. Despite richness, it's fresh, with good acid, clean long finish.
April 2020
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1/15/2020 - blanquito wrote: 93 Points
This was the current release in 2011 when I was in Spain. Liquid sugar, with molasses and maple syrup. Exotic scents of licorice, incense, char. As always, super sweet and unctuous on the attack, yet hyper bright and fresh on the finish. A little goes a long way. Wonderful in its style.
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