1992 François Pinon Vouvray Vendanges Tardives

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  11/6/2020 - forceberry wrote: 78 Points

  11,6% alcohol.
  
  Surprisingly youthful, luminous greenish-yellow color. Evolved, somewhat reductive and slightly gaseous nose of SO2, followed by quite subtle aromas of wool, some subtle spice and a hint of sweet pear. Overall the nose feels quite muted due to the sulfidic character. The wine is medium-sweet on the palate with a somewhat closed and understated taste of sulfites, some white peach, a little bit of something metallic and light chalky mineral tones. The mouthfeel is silky and the high acidity creates a nice counterpoint to the residual sugar sweetness, but overall the wine is quite bland and tasteless, apart from the sweetness. The finish is somewhat sweet with understated flavors of apple jam, some developed waxy tones, a little bit of something metallic, light gaseous notes of SO2, a hint of wildhoney and a touch of woolly lanolin.
  
  Meh. Rather closed and understated wine that seems to suffer from excessive use of SO2. The wine wasn't skunky or anything, just had a slightly propellant gas-like quality to its nose and taste, muting all the fruit flavors. I guess the wine will keep for much longer, seeing how very little development it shows now, at almost 30 years of age, but it's hard to assess whether the wine can actually improve from here, seeing how mute it is now. Not really a wine to wow anybody and not worth the price at 29,90€.

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