Community Tasting Notes 4

• graemeg wrote:

  October 6, 2023 - Qantas Business Class - Ground & Air; 10/3/2023-10/6/2023 (Sydney, Antique aircraft, Bangkok): {cork, 12%} SB & Sem 65/35. First bottle two-thirds full and distinctly oxidized. Luckily a second was opened before I left the lounge. Still fairly broad and earthy, with yellow fruit, rockmelon. Feels like it’s had a bit of skin contact too, but the low acidity robs it of freshness a bit and contributes to the quite short finish. Overall a bit disappointing. (Emirates Business Lounge Bangkok International)

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• Alykhan V Likes this wine: 89 points

  August 9, 2020 - Perhaps the wine had shut down but the fruits were very restrained. Subtle tropical fruits.
  What was much more pronounced was the vanilla on the nose
  Medium- acidity and although the wine finished dry there was a sweet sensation on the palate from the oak
  Good length
  
  Despite it all, it was still quite pleasant. White Bordeaux is a style with which I don’t have much experience and which I intend to try again

• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  November 6, 2018 - A bit of that lees thing going on on the nose.

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  August 7, 2018 - Smells a bit smokey from the Pinotage that was in my glass. Cream and rich fruit, a bit of power.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type White
• Producer Château Villa Bel-Air
• Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
• Designation Blanc
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Graves
• Appellation Graves

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• Consumed 20 (51%)

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