This is an intriguing, complex wine, though I am not sure whether I like it. It's hard to get past the initial aromas of gasoline. Fortunately the gasoline doesn't show up among the flavors, which do include walnuts, honey, chicken liver, and olive oil. The wine starts more obviously oxidative, but becomes more acidic with air -- after three hours, there is a strong grapefruit-rind flavor in the aftertaste. Overall, it most closely resembles a white Rhone, but really there may not be anything else quite like it.
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Oxidative style white with modest nose, a touch of Penicillium with notes of dried stone fruit and a dry, balanced finished. Quite addictive. A dry, less decadent alternative to Sauternes.
Two years from my last note and another impressive showing. Rhônish in style if not varietals, complex herb and spice mix in a white aromatic fruit melange. Hints of oak, somewhat viscous slightly malo feel, nonetheless well balanced by clean minerality and unobtrusive citrusy acidity. I suspect an evolutionary wine probably good for 20yrs from vintage - but whether further improvement will only be answered by patience/restraint. Good now and till 2032. 91?+
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2/5/2024 - Yassine23 Likes this wine:
Very reduced, left some of it for the next day, still closed. Insane.
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7/12/2023 - talbot61 wrote:
This is an intriguing, complex wine, though I am not sure whether I like it. It's hard to get past the initial aromas of gasoline. Fortunately the gasoline doesn't show up among the flavors, which do include walnuts, honey, chicken liver, and olive oil. The wine starts more obviously oxidative, but becomes more acidic with air -- after three hours, there is a strong grapefruit-rind flavor in the aftertaste. Overall, it most closely resembles a white Rhone, but really there may not be anything else quite like it.
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5/19/2023 - lozatron wrote:
Friday Night with Salmon, Potatoes and X-Files; 5/19/2023-5/20/2023 (At home in leafy West London): Spiky - a hint of mouldy walnut to it. Imagine it just needs time.
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4/2/2023 - Skotto wrote: 91 Points
Oxidative style white with modest nose, a touch of Penicillium with notes of dried stone fruit and a dry, balanced finished. Quite addictive. A dry, less decadent alternative to Sauternes.
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4/1/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 Points
Two years from my last note and another impressive showing. Rhônish in style if not varietals, complex herb and spice mix in a white aromatic fruit melange. Hints of oak, somewhat viscous slightly malo feel, nonetheless well balanced by clean minerality and unobtrusive citrusy acidity.
I suspect an evolutionary wine probably good for 20yrs from vintage - but whether further improvement will only be answered by patience/restraint. Good now and till 2032. 91?+
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