Opened at the All-Star Dinner by Zachy's in HK. Served from Imperial, probably bottle-breathed in advance.
Still felt very primary - probably due to the format size - but showed some welcome development in the glass with air. Slightly green, crisp, saline, mineral and zesty - yet with a hint of creaminess that I find comes with top Sauvignon Blancs. Everything rounded together to form a beautiful and very well drinking wine.
Would be keen to see how this wine in a standard bottle format performs, and whether the evolution is much greater.
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Nose: sponge cake, green grass, bit of plastic, white flower Notes: Drank from a double magnum. Although this has quite a nice aroma and in fact the characteristics of semillon certainly stands out but unfortunately it smells a lot better than it tastes and the overall palate wouldn't balance so it is a little anticlimax. This is definitely ready now and hasn't showed any indication of tiredness so I think I would be safe to assume another 10-15 years of drinking window to this. Drink: now - 2038 Rating: 90
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3/31/2023 - oxwombat Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened at the All-Star Dinner by Zachy's in HK. Served from Imperial, probably bottle-breathed in advance.
Still felt very primary - probably due to the format size - but showed some welcome development in the glass with air. Slightly green, crisp, saline, mineral and zesty - yet with a hint of creaminess that I find comes with top Sauvignon Blancs. Everything rounded together to form a beautiful and very well drinking wine.
Would be keen to see how this wine in a standard bottle format performs, and whether the evolution is much greater.
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3/31/2023 - TWSA wrote: 90 Points
Nose: sponge cake, green grass, bit of plastic, white flower
Notes: Drank from a double magnum. Although this has quite a nice aroma and in fact the characteristics of semillon certainly stands out but unfortunately it smells a lot better than it tastes and the overall palate wouldn't balance so it is a little anticlimax. This is definitely ready now and hasn't showed any indication of tiredness so I think I would be safe to assume another 10-15 years of drinking window to this.
Drink: now - 2038
Rating: 90
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12/17/2022 - robertek wrote: 94 Points
Mature but not over the top. A very good wine if you like mature white Bordeaux - time to drink up it will not get better.
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4/28/2022 - hprphf wrote: 95 Points
Rich, fat and classic; vintage prohibits the wine from being overly fat but supplements it with ample acidity. Really enjoyable today. 94-95
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12/30/2020 - RayOB Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank in London
What a difference a day makes. On initial opening it was quite subdued but 24 hours later it was singing. A beauty
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