2012 Ossian Vinas Viejas Blanco

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  7/26/2020 - Esteban wrote: 91 Points

  Verdejo tres puissant. Bel équilibre avec une belle amertume.

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  6/29/2019 - 911henrik wrote: 92 Points

  Brilliant! Pear, melon etc perfect with Tuna

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  1/15/2019 - jorivesud wrote:

  Paille clair brillant.
  Cire d’abeille, un peu d’oxydation, glycerine, miel, herbe fraiches.
  En bouche, miel, impression de résiduel, acidité moyenne+, bonne longueur, semble beaucoup mieux que lors de la degustation il y a 1.5 ans.

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  9/12/2018 - forceberry wrote: 86 Points

  Aged for 9 months in French oak. 13,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Medium-deep lime green color. Very sweet, waxy and mushy nose with aromas of almost overripe peaches, some lemon marmalade, light candied tones of gummi bears, a hint of creaminess and a smoky touch of toasted oak. The wine is broad, ripe and full-bodied on the palate with somewhat sweet-toned flavors of creamy richness, vanilla, some mealy red apples, a little bit of mushy peaches and apricots, a lactic hint of yoghurt character and a touch of toasty oak spice. The wine is quite heavy-set and ponderous on the palate with medium-to-moderate acidity. The creamy finish is somewhat short with ripe, sweet-toned flavors of red apples, some stony minerality, a little bit of apple peel bitterness, a hint of caramel oak and a touch of vanilla.
  
  Many people commented how impressive and "Burgundian" this wine was. I agreed that there was some Chardonnay character to it, but to me it tasted more like a modern, overoaked Californian Chardonnay. The wine feels too concentrated, ponderous and excessively oaked with the sweet, oaky characteristics of vanilla and caramel masking away most of the fruit. The acidity is high enough to make the wine feel balanced, but still the wine is lacking freshness quite a bit. I'd leave the wine in a cellar for many more years in the hopes that it would lose its excessive oak character with age. Unlike most people in the tasting, I was rather unimpressed by this. If this wine is made from grapes sourced from pre-phylloxera vines, I wish they would make this wine in a style that would let the terroir shine through, instead of obfuscating it underneath all those layers of wood.

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  1/3/2018 - le Noble wrote: 92 Points

  Wonderfully intense and rich. Serious stuff, that should be paired with a serious dish. Chose to open this magnum for our Xmas dinner starter. Veal sweetbread with morilles, cream and fresh pasta.

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