2018 BLANKbottle Sémillon Epileptic Inspiration

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  12/4/2022 - Echinosum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  As before. Such an immense pleasure to drink a wine of this class. It's also great to open a bottle that feels just so right to drink now. Who knows what I'm missing if I kept it a lot longer. But I've only one bottle left and I imagine it won't last very long. It's a shame sémillon is so out of fashion these days.

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  7/11/2021 - Echinosum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  In comparison to the other wines we had this weekend, I think I have to mark this up from last time. It feels a bit more assured this time.

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  5/15/2021 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Semillon. Good weight, rounded, unctuous. Vanilla, lemon and honey, noticeable pleasant warmth (14%). Medium+ acidity, medium+ body. Persistent with some complexity. Nice now, will improve and add complexity over the next several years.

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  5/15/2021 - Mbad77 wrote: 90 Points

  A fair bit going on if given a bit of time. I’d have sworn it was a blend with some Sav Blanc as it had that new world nettle nose and taste. Bitterness wraps it up with fair bit of acid.

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  3/15/2021 - Echinosum wrote: 92 Points

  Waxy, thick mouthfeel, concentrated, jasmine, orange water, beautifully balanced, long. This is "grown-up" wine, rather than leap-out-of-the-glass-anyone-would-find-it-delicious wine. But it is beautifully poised, concentrated, and reeks of class.
  
  Tim Atkins marked this at 95. I don't drink very expensive wine often enough to know if it compares at that level. He also described it as toasty, an attribute I associate with 15yr+ Australian sémillon, and don't find at all. It isn't being marketed for long keeping. I haven't any reason to disagree with that. It drank well enough over 3 days.

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