Rich, textured, silky but remarkably fresh, tense and structured. Amazingly the vanillin oak played a very minor role in this wine. Intense agrumes accented by almonds, a saline mineral reflet and a stone-earthiness all jumped from the glass. More stunning than the nose was the palate. I was blown away by how easy this wine was to drink. Weightless, velvet in the mouth. But the wine stayed with you, continued to make an impression and the flavors kept resurfacing.
I have another bottle, thank goodness. Buy it if you see it, don’t think twice.
We are just finishing a bottle opened last week, totally excellent wine indeed!
8/13/2014 - 94 Points
Barely greenish light cognac. This wine was almost too intense for me on day one. Day two, a rollicking combo of burnt carmel, roasted nuts, candied orange peel, smoke, sea salt, dried stone fruit, marshmallow. Apparently this wine sat for about 35 years in the butt After being declared ‘NO’ from some ancient amontillado solera, so this isn’t likely to be reproduced anytime soon. Positively breathtaking and exhilarating.
Awesome note Steve. Thanks and how bizarre that someone else was drinking this bottle at the same time…given the minuscule production that is a slim chance.
Good note on the smoke. Absolutely picked that up as well.
Bottle #2 is going to be hard to keep my hands off of…
