Day 23 of Lockdown - 9th April - There is a time for departure, even when there’s no certain place to go. - Tennessee Williams (Reader’s Digest 2011, April)
N- Drift of sulphur and oily resin to begin with plascticine at the backdrop. Lead to basketful of green mango, vanilla with citrus peels and spiced marsala tea looming. A wee stiff with persistent resinous shielded most the above, but get better with breathing time. (87/21)
P- Peat shines here, neither smokey nor medicinal, but raw earth with hearty floral, brine-y honey, muddy and grassy, accompany by orange bitter, pomelo peels and flows of dry resinous. Woody, sweet dried fruits and vanilla plum jam. Solid and holding up very well. (91/22)
F- Medium long, tannin and dry that dissolved to savoury brininess. Teasing spicy at the tip with warm smokes building further down the palate. Elegant but intangible at time, highly enjoyable if can understand its rhythm and underlying depth . (90/22)
B/B- 92/23
Weighted Rate- 88pt
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Nose
N- Drift of sulphur and oily resin to begin with plascticine at the backdrop. Lead to basketful of green mango, vanilla with citrus peels and spiced marsala tea looming. A wee stiff with persistent resinous shielded most the above, but get better with breathing time. (87/21)
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Taste
P- Peat shines here, neither smokey nor medicinal, but raw earth with hearty floral, brine-y honey, muddy and grassy, accompany by orange bitter, pomelo peels and flows of dry resinous. Woody, sweet dried fruits and vanilla plum jam. Solid and holding up very well. (91/22)
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Finish
F- Medium long, tannin and dry that dissolved to savoury brininess. Teasing spicy at the tip with warm smokes building further down the palate. Elegant but intangible at time, highly enjoyable if can understand its rhythm and underlying depth . (90/22)
B/B- 92/23
Weighted Rate- 88pt
