Very interesting nose with burnt caramel, mushroom, apricot stones, raisins. Tannic on the palate, still holds medium+ acidity. Bruised apple and cooked mushroom fat. 8/18
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This wine looks like sherry (it may be an orange wine but it looks like very dark orange!) but tastes like toasted coconut! I don't think I have ever had a wine that tasted quite like this. Some found it a little sweet while others were Ok with that aspect but quibbled with other elements. Still on the whole, everyone agreed it was worth a glass (or two). Tasted from a Magnum. Florals and coconut on the nose. Strong taste of toasted coconut on the palate. Earthy finish. Definitely a unique wine. That this has chardonnay in it certainly could have fooled me!!
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Orange and chewy. Went very well with a peculiar beet-cured salmon dish. Plenty of body and varietal character lurking under all that oxidation. Not my thing. Couldn't give it away at a party. Oh well.
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Collio Vitae Tasting (Cormòns, Friuli-Venezia Giulia): This one was kinda different! Well, all wines were rather unlike to each other. However, the following one showed far more different characteristics. Damijan Podversic's Bianco Kaplja 2009 is a blend of 40% Chardonnay, 30% Friuliano and 30% Malvasia Istriana. The grapes for this Collio were jointly macerated for approx. 90 days. The subsequent aging period took three years in large 3000 l oak barrels. Its colour was dense, pretty murky and full with bright orange'y amber'ish reflexions (check out the photo above). The nose presented attributes which reminded me of assorted candied fruits, a minor and well fitting fine shade of Sherry, delicate smoke and in the background fresh seeming fruit fragrances of tangerines (very ripe ones) and pulpy yellow pears. Its taste was dominated by fine caramel, ripe and slightly spicy seeming candied fruits (oranges and lemons), some coffee (and perhaps a hint of toffee), ripe-fresh aromas of lime, a trace of passion fruit and to the finish a well set herbal as well as a bit ethereal touch. The complexity and concentration of this wine was really convincing. So its certain domesticated savagery. The latter aspect seemed very well integrated and not just challengingly interesting. That is why I wouldn't consider this one as a wine only for jaded wine geeks. For me a very decent wild and chummy Collio with straight complexity!
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7/19/2023 - AD_jutant wrote: 87 Points
Very interesting nose with burnt caramel, mushroom, apricot stones, raisins. Tannic on the palate, still holds medium+ acidity. Bruised apple and cooked mushroom fat.
8/18
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11/10/2020 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 88 Points
This wine looks like sherry (it may be an orange wine but it looks like very dark orange!) but tastes like toasted coconut! I don't think I have ever had a wine that tasted quite like this. Some found it a little sweet while others were Ok with that aspect but quibbled with other elements. Still on the whole, everyone agreed it was worth a glass (or two). Tasted from a Magnum. Florals and coconut on the nose. Strong taste of toasted coconut on the palate. Earthy finish. Definitely a unique wine. That this has chardonnay in it certainly could have fooled me!!
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1/12/2020 - AndyDobson93 wrote: flawed
Heat effected from langtons
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5/10/2016 - silton Does not like this wine:
Orange and chewy. Went very well with a peculiar beet-cured salmon dish. Plenty of body and varietal character lurking under all that oxidation. Not my thing. Couldn't give it away at a party. Oh well.
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9/27/2014 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 89 Points
Collio Vitae Tasting (Cormòns, Friuli-Venezia Giulia): This one was kinda different! Well, all wines were rather unlike to each other. However, the following one showed far more different characteristics. Damijan Podversic's Bianco Kaplja 2009 is a blend of 40% Chardonnay, 30% Friuliano and 30% Malvasia Istriana. The grapes for this Collio were jointly macerated for approx. 90 days. The subsequent aging period took three years in large 3000 l oak barrels. Its colour was dense, pretty murky and full with bright orange'y amber'ish reflexions (check out the photo above). The nose presented attributes which reminded me of assorted candied fruits, a minor and well fitting fine shade of Sherry, delicate smoke and in the background fresh seeming fruit fragrances of tangerines (very ripe ones) and pulpy yellow pears. Its taste was dominated by fine caramel, ripe and slightly spicy seeming candied fruits (oranges and lemons), some coffee (and perhaps a hint of toffee), ripe-fresh aromas of lime, a trace of passion fruit and to the finish a well set herbal as well as a bit ethereal touch. The complexity and concentration of this wine was really convincing. So its certain domesticated savagery. The latter aspect seemed very well integrated and not just challengingly interesting. That is why I wouldn't consider this one as a wine only for jaded wine geeks. For me a very decent wild and chummy Collio with straight complexity!
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