Community Tasting Note
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RoyaltyCoins wrote: 96 points
August 13, 2020 - Pale gold.
Nose: Brown butter, delicate white flower, crushed chalk.
Mouth: A melange of asian pear, starfruit, and candied meyer lemon leads just ahead of a high-toned midpalate of lees spice that scales in richness before rolling over into multiple waves of butter, toast, lemon acid, white flower, and chalk. The extended finish ripples back on itself, echoing at least two or three times over before finally fading.
Overall: Agile out of the gate and sneakily long in the end, this has huge energy buried within it at the moment. Builds over time as flavors stack and compound on each other, but crucially nothing ever goes away: if a flavor is introduced, it's carried through all the way to the end of the finish. The midpalate spice remains a bit rambunctious, but should calm over time. This might have a smaller drinking window, but when it settles it will be excellent. Drink 2022-2026.
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2 Comments
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Alexander Smith commented:
8/13/20, 5:42 PM - Great note, I feel this can go longer, I plan on keeping mine and drinking them over a 20 year period
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RoyaltyCoins commented:
8/13/20, 6:05 PM - It's funny you say that: I was just finishing the bottle I had and wondered if I wouldn't be able to push the others I have to the 10 year mark. You must have read my mind lol
What I'll say is that it should retain the vibrancy/acidity that's activating everything as it drives through. If you're not getting that anymore, it's not worth it and it's overaged. I'd think you could probably push it to 2028 or so if you like them on the outer edge though.