Strong ruby, nose of red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, cedar, earth, smoke, leaves & vanilla. Good body, strong acidity and ripe tannins. To taste raspberry, strawberry, red cherry, leather & smoke. Ok length. Good. Nice balance and flavours but lacking complexity & depth.
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North London TWS Tastings series: South Africa (Must and Lees, N1) (Must and Lees N1): Fascinating nostalgia inducing nose of church incense, black tea, dusty rooms. On the palate some peppery tangy red fruit, tangy. Great intensity and a slug of acidity to match. Wowsers. Seems like a bit of a one off both in style and given how the grapes are sourced
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One half of the table - somewhat bizarrely imo - seemed to enraptured by this while the other half seemed less enamoured by this Blank Bottle creation. To me it was a good generic Syrah, a bit simple, not particularly interesting or complex, but on the plus side quite light on its feet and drinkable, despite its callow youth. I am curious to latch on to a bottle to analyse it over an evening, because I may have missed a trick here (each bottle went around 11 tasters).
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I don't understand this at all. Bizarre off-putting Riesling bottle. Light and fragrant but also watery and ill-defined. Vaporous. Don't know what this is or means. This is Syrah? It's not gross, it's just weird and its identity and purpose are hard to pin down.
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South African wines of North London (Must & Lees): What a lovely young wine. Aromatic, sweetly fruited nose, almost heady in its musky, peppery intensity. Stemmy and grippy on the palate, but sleek and pretty with it: delightfully ready to enjoy despite its youth, and only 12.5%. Syrah meets Beaujolais! My and the group's #3 wine tonight.
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2/10/2024 - JonathanFlavell wrote:
Strong ruby, nose of red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, cedar, earth, smoke, leaves & vanilla. Good body, strong acidity and ripe tannins. To taste raspberry, strawberry, red cherry, leather & smoke. Ok length. Good. Nice balance and flavours but lacking complexity & depth.
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9/15/2022 - Radders12345 Likes this wine: 92 Points
North London TWS Tastings series: South Africa (Must and Lees, N1) (Must and Lees N1): Fascinating nostalgia inducing nose of church incense, black tea, dusty rooms.
On the palate some peppery tangy red fruit, tangy. Great intensity and a slug of acidity to match. Wowsers.
Seems like a bit of a one off both in style and given how the grapes are sourced
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9/15/2022 - Comte Flaneur wrote: 89 Points
One half of the table - somewhat bizarrely imo - seemed to enraptured by this while the other half seemed less enamoured by this Blank Bottle creation. To me it was a good generic Syrah, a bit simple, not particularly interesting or complex, but on the plus side quite light on its feet and drinkable, despite its callow youth. I am curious to latch on to a bottle to analyse it over an evening, because I may have missed a trick here (each bottle went around 11 tasters).
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9/15/2022 - ricard wrote:
I don't understand this at all. Bizarre off-putting Riesling bottle. Light and fragrant but also watery and ill-defined. Vaporous. Don't know what this is or means. This is Syrah? It's not gross, it's just weird and its identity and purpose are hard to pin down.
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9/15/2022 - NickA Likes this wine: 92 Points
South African wines of North London (Must & Lees): What a lovely young wine. Aromatic, sweetly fruited nose, almost heady in its musky, peppery intensity. Stemmy and grippy on the palate, but sleek and pretty with it: delightfully ready to enjoy despite its youth, and only 12.5%. Syrah meets Beaujolais! My and the group's #3 wine tonight.
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