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2018 Travaglini Rosato
5/5/2024 - SAND wrote: 85 Points
APPEARANCE: Medium light salmon colour.
NOSE: Moderate nose, red and yellow plums, morellos, some red berry jam. (85p)
TASTE: On the arrival mature and slightly sweet fruit. This continues onto the mid palate, with sweet, ripe fruit, supported by some acidity before it starts to fade a little after a couple of seconds. What remains then is some acidity, a bit of moderate tannin and a sweet but lighter fruit. The mouthfeel goes from medium to medium light and eventually light after 6-8 seconds, gradually subsiding in the aftertaste. (84p)
OVERALL: 5.5 years old and still going strong. This must be beyond its peak, which to my palate may have been around 3-4 years of age(?). But it is still enjoyable. It appears somewhat less structured, powerful and balanced than when young. But the sweet fruit and the balancing acts of acidity and moderate tannins keep performing. Considering that I paid 11 Euros for this in 2019, the QPR was phenomenal. Total score 85 points.
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2019 Eiker Ølfabrikk Mjöd Norway
4/12/2024 - SAND Likes this wine: 85 Points
NOSE: Intense summer honey and flower honey notes, with lots of sweet pollen. (86p)
TASTE: The arrival is just lightly honied and quite fresh. On the mid palate more honey taste and a medium high level of refreshing acidity. The latter makes the tasting experience almost completely dry, not unlike the way a hich acdity "halbtrocken" German Riesling can feel almost dry despite quite å bit of resdiual sugar. The body is medium light with a slight weakness in the middle of the taste curve. The whole drinking experience is refreshing. (85p)
EXIT: In the aftertaste there is almost a pure honey taste but the lingering acidity makes this too an off-dry experience rather than a sweeter one. Eventually the acidity lingers the longer, cleaning up everything else. (83p)
OVERALL: Not bad for a 4.5 year old lighter style mead. Should go very well with light food. TOTAL SCORE 85 points.
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2022 Louis Robin Chablis
4/9/2024 - SAND Likes this wine: 84 Points
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