Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin Singapore - Back to Basics 2012 (Absinthe, Bukit Pasoh): Pretty decent.This was a step-up from the 2010 Rully Cailloux of the same producer that we had alongside. It was a lot more expressive on the nose, with sweet red apple aromas dripped with some honey and spice and an interesting bit of earthy, flinty mineral, with a slightly saline, Chablis-like twang to it. Nice stuff. I liked the palate too. It had that same flinty minerality alongside some energetic, zippy acidity which formed a very firm backbone for juicy flavours of fleshy green apples. Good weight, nothing too complex, but I like the mouthwatering balance for this and the way it felt really well-focused all the way into a long, laser-like finish. A good effort that would do very well on a dinner table.
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9/30/2012 - Alex H wrote: 82 Points
White gunsmoke and kinda sulphur. Kinda flat lemons
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6/2/2012 - Paul S wrote: 90 Points
Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin Singapore - Back to Basics 2012 (Absinthe, Bukit Pasoh): Pretty decent.This was a step-up from the 2010 Rully Cailloux of the same producer that we had alongside. It was a lot more expressive on the nose, with sweet red apple aromas dripped with some honey and spice and an interesting bit of earthy, flinty mineral, with a slightly saline, Chablis-like twang to it. Nice stuff. I liked the palate too. It had that same flinty minerality alongside some energetic, zippy acidity which formed a very firm backbone for juicy flavours of fleshy green apples. Good weight, nothing too complex, but I like the mouthwatering balance for this and the way it felt really well-focused all the way into a long, laser-like finish. A good effort that would do very well on a dinner table.
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