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• DollarMenunaire wrote: 95 points

  August 6, 2012 - Day 1: Very, very primary upon opening... not much besides apple juice and Sun Maid raisins. Acidity was there but very much in the background and the mineral was hard to pick out as well. Shut down simple syrup and certainly unscoreable.
  
  But 72 hours in the fridge and BAM! Stone fruit, acidity, iodine-like mineral, honey, and spice came screaming out. The finish lasts for 1-2 minutes...not kidding. You can tell this is from a hot vintage and massively, massively concentrated. It's like a $200 half bottle of 2003 Rheingau TBA in a great many ways. This wine is good now with a very long decant (days), but I think it needs a good 20 years to reach its prime and will then last at least another 30. Just don't pop and pour this with dessert at the end of your dinner party.

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• Vintage 1999
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Grof Degenfeld
• Varietal Furmint Blend
• Designation Aszúeszencia
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Hungary
• Region Tokaji
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Tokaji

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• Consumed 7 (13%)

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