Ming's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): This was quite lovely. It had a gorgeous nose, with deep pulls of honey and malt, earthy morel mushroom scents, sweet red apples aromas and a touch of musk in the background. Wonderful stuff. Great palate, too. Here, melting acidity was wrapped around quietly profound flavours of white fruit, apple flesh and melon tapering into a beautifully long finish, where a spine of gentle earthiness, stoney mineral and more truffley perfume filled the back-palate. Really lovely focus and definition on this, yet there was also power and presence, with a sense of quiet strength that peeked in on the attack and grew and grew into that tremendous finish. There was hardy a doubt that this was from Le Montrachet given how complete it was. Really nice stuff, and it paired well with a truffle egg white dish too, with the truffley notes on both the food and wine echoing endlessly in the mouth. About the right time to drink this I think.
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9/30/2023 - Sean Tay wrote: 94 Points
Burgundy Grand Cru with either first or last name with initial A, B, F, G, H, R and T: Pronounced nose intensity with white flora, crysthanamum tea, honey, toast, vanilla. Medium+ acidity and long finish. Still drinking well but in its tertiary stage. Will not improve anymore. Should drink up.
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8/30/2012 - Alex H wrote: 89 Points
Pungent white spicy flowers, fennel seeds. Honeysuckle, green olives, seaspray and salinity on the palate with quartz minerality. Fleshy
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8/25/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Ming's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): This was quite lovely. It had a gorgeous nose, with deep pulls of honey and malt, earthy morel mushroom scents, sweet red apples aromas and a touch of musk in the background. Wonderful stuff. Great palate, too. Here, melting acidity was wrapped around quietly profound flavours of white fruit, apple flesh and melon tapering into a beautifully long finish, where a spine of gentle earthiness, stoney mineral and more truffley perfume filled the back-palate. Really lovely focus and definition on this, yet there was also power and presence, with a sense of quiet strength that peeked in on the attack and grew and grew into that tremendous finish. There was hardy a doubt that this was from Le Montrachet given how complete it was. Really nice stuff, and it paired well with a truffle egg white dish too, with the truffley notes on both the food and wine echoing endlessly in the mouth. About the right time to drink this I think.
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