Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, November 22, 2019 - Kelvin T's 40th Birthday (Imperial Treasure Teochew, Tanjong Pagar): One of the better bottles of 1990 I have had, this showed superbly tonight. A step ahead a very strong 2000 Krug, but a couple behind the very special 1979 on the evening I thought. The nose here was full-on, very 1990 - with layer of brioche, honey, cream and earth, along with notes of red apples, sweeter stone fruit, and then a kiss of creme caramel and coconut candy. A ripe, expressive bouquet. The palate was rich, round and powerful as well - a real mouthful; almost brutish in its punchiness compared to the other more elegant vintages on show. It was a lovely and compelling drink in its own fashion though, filling the mouth with ripe apples, sweet stone fruit, honey and caramel, all resolving into a long, super-powerful finish full of mineral and earth and spice. Excellent, even if it did not show the finesse of either the 2000 or the 1979 on the night. Not quite as fresh and ageless as the 1990 I last had in magnum, but this bottle still showed the chops to keep aging for awhile yet.

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