Late Night Drinks at Kelvin's (Kelvin and Joyce's Place, Bishan): A very modern style - right up Hubert de Boüard's alley. It was a well-made wine, but somehow just a bit soulless. The nose was exactly what you would expect it to be - a melange of sweet vanillin from the oak, ripe aromas of plums and blackberries, some floral notes, with a little ring of tobacco and graphite at the back of the bouquet. Modern indeed, but quite pretty. The palate had a certain elegance to it as well, with nicely integrated acidity and some fine, slightly dusty tannins beneath nicely chewy flavours of plums and black cherries. There was some ripeness, but it was pretty nicely controlled, with a nice, juicy chew all the way into a decent finish, with some spice coming out at the end. It was still a bit on the thick side in the mouth, but all in all quite nicely put together. It just failed to ring my bell though. It may improve slightly in the coming years, but I would not imagine this to get much better with age from this point on.
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Hosanna Vertical Tasting (Zurich): Dark red. Overripe fruit, Coffee and Chocolate. The flavors jump in your face, rich and decadent. Lots of power and still present tannins. Brownies, Creme de Cassis and raspberries. But everything is not as long as one would expect. Modern wine which is fun for blind tasting as it reminds me more of a Tuscan Super Merlot than of a (Lalande a) Pomerol. Drink now - 2025.
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A beautiful and classical Bordeaux wine; ripe dark fruits, some licorice, beautiful acidity and soft tannin. In its early maturity stage. Probably even better around 2015.
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4/3/2021 - skyblue80 Likes this wine: 92 Points
PoP with good length and strong rasberry noses. medium finish with a rather light body. You should be drinking it up now.
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10/27/2016 - midub Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very good. Under $50
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1/28/2014 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
Late Night Drinks at Kelvin's (Kelvin and Joyce's Place, Bishan): A very modern style - right up Hubert de Boüard's alley. It was a well-made wine, but somehow just a bit soulless. The nose was exactly what you would expect it to be - a melange of sweet vanillin from the oak, ripe aromas of plums and blackberries, some floral notes, with a little ring of tobacco and graphite at the back of the bouquet. Modern indeed, but quite pretty. The palate had a certain elegance to it as well, with nicely integrated acidity and some fine, slightly dusty tannins beneath nicely chewy flavours of plums and black cherries. There was some ripeness, but it was pretty nicely controlled, with a nice, juicy chew all the way into a decent finish, with some spice coming out at the end. It was still a bit on the thick side in the mouth, but all in all quite nicely put together. It just failed to ring my bell though. It may improve slightly in the coming years, but I would not imagine this to get much better with age from this point on.
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10/16/2012 - Wine_lvr wrote: 93 Points
Hosanna Vertical Tasting (Zurich): Dark red. Overripe fruit, Coffee and Chocolate. The flavors jump in your face, rich and decadent. Lots of power and still present tannins. Brownies, Creme de Cassis and raspberries. But everything is not as long as one would expect. Modern wine which is fun for blind tasting as it reminds me more of a Tuscan Super Merlot than of a (Lalande a) Pomerol. Drink now - 2025.
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9/29/2012 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
A beautiful and classical Bordeaux wine; ripe dark fruits, some licorice, beautiful acidity and soft tannin. In its early maturity stage. Probably even better around 2015.
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