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Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - Wasn't planning on opening this one just yet, but noticed a bulging capsule, and wine slowly seeping out the top! Cellared since release, and my oldest and last Roussanne left. The wine...darker metallic amber color with a beautiful oily sheen to it...the nose is AWESOME! Classic aged Alban Roussanne...sautéed apricots, exotic honey butter, petrol, wood smoke, lemon zest, hot buttered rum spice, walnut oil. First sip was like drinking an aged Sauternes...sweet and ripe oily fruit...yet there is a killer snap of citrus(lemon/tangerine) acid that totally freshens the rich fruit...and ample crushed earth and stones that salt and dry it up wonderfully, creating a nice balance of the rich fruit to dryness. Creamy smooth and mouth coating...little waxy, great length. SO complex and engaging...with exotics of dried tobacco, roasted nuts, apricot marmalade, match strike reduction...pretty dried fruit and flower florals. Not all perfect though, as there is some bitterness and oak char detected...not offensive. Just love how the bottle was leaking, the color looks over the hill oxed...yet this wine is fresh as a daisy and totally what I would expect from a 21 year old Alban Roussanne! Congrats Rhone Master!

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