Full and ripe, lavish amounts of oak both on nose and palate. Very much disjointed on opening. Profile seems more like a Napa Cab, hard to guess that it’s a pinot. Robust, well made but lacking elegance. Improved with air but nowhere near ready. Big wine that hasn’t quite settled, will sit on the Ceras and Botanica for much longer.
100% of the profits from this wine goes to a cancer charity which is a nice touch.
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Easter Dinner wine, went great with Ham and Lamb! Bright berries on the nose, nice easy drinking with enough fruit to cut the lamb but not over powering the ham...wish I had more than 3 bottles.
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I decanted this from cellar temperature and began to drink an hour later (when it was still slightly below room temperature) with some slightly spicy duck paté.
There's a nice nose of dark fruits, somewhat vegetal. On the palate, much the same - fruity, drying, slightly (but pleasantly) acidic. There's a fairly long finish. Overall the impression is very smooth and elegant; to me not in any sense heavy or big; medium-bodied.
I did better than @HL_Pong and got this from Links Concept for HK$290 (~US$37), at which price I would say it is very decent QPR.
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11/24/2022 - Jmrobotics wrote: 93 Points
needed 90 minutes to breath then opened up very nicely. Just got better as the evening went on.
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9/20/2020 - melvinyeowq wrote:
Full and ripe, lavish amounts of oak both on nose and palate. Very much disjointed on opening. Profile seems more like a Napa Cab, hard to guess that it’s a pinot. Robust, well made but lacking elegance. Improved with air but nowhere near ready. Big wine that hasn’t quite settled, will sit on the Ceras and Botanica for much longer.
100% of the profits from this wine goes to a cancer charity which is a nice touch.
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4/12/2020 - rbc1978 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Easter Dinner wine, went great with Ham and Lamb! Bright berries on the nose, nice easy drinking with enough fruit to cut the lamb but not over powering the ham...wish I had more than 3 bottles.
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11/22/2019 - Gruffalius wrote: 92 Points
Raspberries on the nose. Lots of berries on the palate. Acids really lively. (91-92)
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3/20/2019 - Paul852 Likes this wine: 90 Points
I decanted this from cellar temperature and began to drink an hour later (when it was still slightly below room temperature) with some slightly spicy duck paté.
There's a nice nose of dark fruits, somewhat vegetal. On the palate, much the same - fruity, drying, slightly (but pleasantly) acidic. There's a fairly long finish. Overall the impression is very smooth and elegant; to me not in any sense heavy or big; medium-bodied.
I did better than @HL_Pong and got this from Links Concept for HK$290 (~US$37), at which price I would say it is very decent QPR.
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