Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, January 29, 2010 - Simple Series II: Henry's Birthday (Ming Kee, Macpherson Road): I enjoyed this. There was always just that suspicion of TCA with this bottle, but the quality of the wine still shone through somehow. Colour was surprisingly light for a wine of this age. Nose had a sweet muskiness to it, along with honey notes, flowers and cream fraiche with an edge of slatey mineral. There was a dried woody, almost cardboardy smell lingering in there somewhere though - not altogether pleasant on that count. The same woody, cardboard hints permeated the palate as well. However, there was still plenty of flavour on the wine. Rich, but super fresh, it showed great balanced and an almost chiselled structure, with honeyed tones and a touch of meatiness in a creamy textured body, along with a great streak of rocky mineral that defined the wine from attack to its long, focused finish. A little less complex than my previous experience with Bonneau du Matray maybe? But that could have been because of TCA. Nevertheless, there was still more than enough in here to make it a really nice wine.

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