Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Thursday, January 20, 2022 - From a 0,375-liter bottle. A blend of Pinot Noir (76%) and Chardonnay (24%). Disgorged in September 2016. 12,5% alcohol.

Pale golden yellow color. At first the nose feels clean with aromas of leesy yeast, some almond-driven nuttiness, a little bit of bruised apple, light chalky notes and a hint of woolly lanolin. As the wine opens up in glass, it starts to develop some more disagreeable notes of wet wool sock and rancid nuts. The wine feels dry, crisp and quite clean on the palate with flavors of sharp lemony citrus fruits, crunchy green apples, some almondy nuttiness, a little bit of chalky minerality and light woolly notes of lanolin. The overall feel is quite racy, thanks to the high acidity and ample, crisp mousse. However, the biggest surprise comes when you swallow the wine for the first time: even though the wine feels clean and fresh on the palate, it takes a sharp turn to the worse, when the aftertaste arrives. The finish is very dull, long and unpleasant with pronounced notes of wet wool socks, some rancid walnuts, a little bit of bready oxidation and light sweaty notes. There's nothing crisp, fresh or fruity in the aftertaste and the wine leaves a horrible, musty taste in your mouth.

A don't know what on earth is going on here! The nose and taste are perfectly clean and OK upon opening and the taste remains fine throughout, even though the nose starts to develop some unpleasant nuances after some aeration. However, even right after p'n'p, the aftertaste is plain horrible! And it's not mousy, it's more like oxidized and past its peak, even though the nose and taste are not! And the person who poured the wine said he had bought a case of these half bottles upon release and they have been like this from the beginning. A real mystery. I don't know if the wine is better from bigger-format bottles, but I honestly can't recommend this wine in halves - it's simply undrinkable. We couldn't even finish the half bottle with three people.

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