Fairly full yellow colour, but not at all golden still. The nose shows intense lime cordial notes along with a degree of toasty development which is to be expected after 13 years. Maybe just a whiff of petrol as well. On the palate this is still quite fresh, with citrus flavours and acidity that remains clear and present. The back label promises this can age “up to 7 years”, but under screw cap and aged in a good cellar that is clearly conservative and while I doubt this will improve there is clearly no rush to drink up.
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Despite my optimism for this wine in 2017, I found this bottle to be rather hard in a Clare riesling line-up. Rather old fashioned taste profile and austere--not with sufficient fruit to confidently age further.
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Recent tasters have the taste sot on, I would only comment that it opened and developed considerably in space of 90 mins of opened bottle. So at present i'd advise chill well but decant or drink slowly
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8/15/2023 - sjw_11 wrote: 92 Points
Fairly full yellow colour, but not at all golden still. The nose shows intense lime cordial notes along with a degree of toasty development which is to be expected after 13 years. Maybe just a whiff of petrol as well. On the palate this is still quite fresh, with citrus flavours and acidity that remains clear and present. The back label promises this can age “up to 7 years”, but under screw cap and aged in a good cellar that is clearly conservative and while I doubt this will improve there is clearly no rush to drink up.
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12/14/2020 - rwpalmer wrote: 88 Points
Despite my optimism for this wine in 2017, I found this bottle to be rather hard in a Clare riesling line-up. Rather old fashioned taste profile and austere--not with sufficient fruit to confidently age further.
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1/25/2019 - Kerino wrote: 89 Points
Sweet rich limes. A bit unctuous and very pleasant.
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7/4/2017 - JayP Likes this wine: 89 Points
Recent tasters have the taste sot on, I would only comment that it opened and developed considerably in space of 90 mins of opened bottle. So at present i'd advise chill well but decant or drink slowly
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5/22/2017 - cannym Likes this wine: 88 Points
As two days ago. Good drink but quite straightforward.
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