Community Tasting Note

• Green Isaac Likes this wine: 85 points

  September 21, 2023 - Tried alongside the 2022 vintage for comparison:
  
  Appearance:
  Wine shows noticeable age on colour with clear caramelization (looks like a diluted verdelho Madeira).
  
  Aromas:
  Nose is a bit subdued (medium intensity) and mostly tertiary aromas: caramel, figs, dried apricot, dried orange-zest, honey, toast.
  
  The fruit is in the tropical spectrum (apricot, pineapple) but subdued and there is very little primary fruit left after four years of bottle age.
  
  Palate:
  a dry sensation with a toasty feel. Dried fruits galore (see above) and a faint hint of VA (somewhere between terpentine and licoricy-medicinal).
  
  The bottle age has given the wine some balance, diminishing the juxtaposed sweetness (that in the young wine overpowers the M acidity). I really like the added dry feel of this example but the wine is slightly dull (if served at around room-temp.)
  
  Interesting with age, but not worth the time or money when there's so many great examples from eg Sauternes, Loire that has greater acidity, balance and thus more benifits with bottle ageing.

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