Community Tasting Note
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Russell Faulkner wrote:
October 23, 2020 - 1 Feb 2005 disgorgement. Rich deep gold, still a strong initial mousse that tailed off. Nose of burnt orange, light caramel and lemongrass. A little chunky on the palate, fresh still with a gentle but crisp finish.
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4 Comments
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drwine2001 commented:
10/23/20, 9:20 AM - Thank you for the note and for including the disgorgement date. For my own taste, I have found Initial of this age to be overly oxidative and wonder whether the "light caramel" you describe refers to that characteristic in this bottle.
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Russell Faulkner commented:
10/23/20, 9:56 AM - Caramel, could be linked to oxidation or autolysis. However both my wife and I independently commented that this was a lot less oxidative than the same bottling 5-7 years ago!
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drwine2001 commented:
10/23/20, 2:15 PM - Very interesting. Bottles of Selosse are nothing if not alive and unpredictable!
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yossarian.livez commented:
11/13/20, 11:11 AM - What have you found with others in the line up with some additional bottle age?