2004 Vie di Romans Flors di Uis

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 87.3 points

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  5/10/2015 - Lilja wrote: 89 Points

  Medium intense aromas of grape, honeysuckles, vanilla ice cream, coconuts, white chocolate, canned corn, and KARL_EK was spot on with deep fried bananas.
  
  Medium acidity, unashamedly balanced by some off-dry residual sugar. Medium+ body, slightly fat and oily. medium+ intensity, most likely powered by a fair amount of alcohol. The finish is medium with a slightly disturbing warmth to it. Though there is no alcohol bothering me on the nose.
  
  Looking at what it is, a dry white Italian wine and it being 11 years old I was expecting very little. And duly noted, I was proved wrong. This might lack a bit of refinement and freshness, but the quality is there and I will keep an extra eye out for Friulian whites with a bit of age in the future!

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  5/10/2015 - karl.1480 wrote: 87 Points

  Medium intensity yellow color.
  
  Fully developed on the nose with a medium aroma intensity. Aromas of dried tropical fruits, fresh grapes, saffron, sweet spice, deep fried banana(???) and rubber. A bit weird but intriguing nose.
  
  The wine is slightly off-dry with a medium(+) acidity, medium body and a medium flavor intensity. Flavors of dried tropical fruits, rubber, spice box, ginger, yellow flowers and fresh grapes. The finish is medium with a bit of alcohol warmth.
  
  This wine was a bit hard to pin-point since the nose didn't made much sense and with this amount of maturity the grape characteristics is a bit faded. However, I called this Riesling from Nahe or Pfalz since it had a decent amount of power, slight alcohol warmth and that grapey/rubbery character that Riesling can show. Since this wine is made out of mostly Malvasia Istriana with some addition of Tocai Friulano and Riesling Renano (Rhine Riesling) I wasn't all wrong.
  
  Drink up now.

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  8/15/2007 - Sav wrote: 86 Points

  Vey interesting. Flowery.

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  4/27/2006 - MJHDC wrote:

  Pale yellow color. Lots of floral, citrus aromas -- really explosive from the glass, with honeysuckle, candied lemon, etc. Light-bodied, not fruity, but has mineral and wet steel notes, with a long, pure, elegant finish. Perfect springtime wine with seafood or light pasta dishes.

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