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• Bandreas Likes this wine:

  September 20, 2022 - Another beauty tasted alongside the 3 star lunch at Restaurant Akelare, San Sebastian.
  There was some ullage in the bottle but the wine presented itself splendidly: Typical smell of "sweaty saddle" (I said: Sweaty socks") , leather, cold embers; very refined, suave and sexy on the palate and the nose and with a good finish which, at the end, became a tad acidic.
  A wonderful experience!

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• Harley1199 commented:

  9/28/22, 9:06 AM - Bernardo, i see you found sweaty socks everywhere, very often ... funny

• Bandreas commented:

  9/28/22, 10:12 AM - Hello Manuel, typically I find sweaty socks in traditional Riojas and- when I lived in Australia - in some Hunter Valley reds.
  Maybe an obsession of mine… Who knows the human soul?…

• Harley1199 commented:

  9/28/22, 10:28 AM - I've to confess guiri people used to found coconut and drill but it is the first time I've noticed about those 'sweaty socks' hahaha
  So Australia, I see but the real question is to know, Melbourne or Sidney?

• Bandreas commented:

  9/29/22, 12:17 AM - Dear Manuel, Hunter Valley is located in New South Wales, so driving distance from Sydney. There used to be wonderful, old fashioned wines coming from this area. Maurice McShea was a very prominent winemaker there in the 40ies and 50ties and I got to taste some of those beauties when I lived in Australia. Alas, the winemaking style there has changed as well and those beauties are gone.....
  Sic transit gloria mundi!

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