2000 Radikon Oslavje

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  2/17/2013 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points

  Rootstock (Sydney, Australia): Chocolate, nutty and some oxidative character. Palate is rounded and smooth, good but not quite as interesting as some others from this producer.

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  1/20/2007 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: flawed

  13.5%
  The back label says that it should be served at 15°, but this was a lot colder and we had to let it warm up. The back label also states that there is no SO2. Curiously, what it doesn't say is that it's unfiltered. Perhaps that's because it's blindingly obvious that it's unfiltered: it looks like apple juice, straight from the press, with a bit of onion skin and caramel for colour. That's to say, it's a markedly cloudy orange onion-skin colour. There are dried figs, orange and cinnamon, together with some old wine, on the nose, though there's also a certain mustiness. As it warms up, it displays more Oloroso like notes on the nose. There's concentrated dried fruit on the palate - dried figs, pears, apricots and a hint of raisins. But there's also a slightly musty, murky feel. As it warms up, there are more dried orange peel flavours with a hint of caramel. But overall, it just feels a bit murky and muddy. The five of us come to the conclusion that this is a duff bottle (others had a magnum of the same a few months ago, and reported it to have been much cleaner and positively enjoyable, in contrast to this bottle) and the remaining half bottle is consigned to the kitchen for cooking.

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