2012 Mollydooker Verdelho The Violinist

Community Tasting Notes (29) Median Score: 91 points

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  6/7/2018 - ziavino wrote: 85 Points

  Over the hill for sure. Alcohol, black pepper, and a touch of unripe tropical fruit on the nose and palate. Serious weight, low acid, and not as heavily oaked as I'd expected. On sale for $10, and simultaneously alluring and revolting.

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  4/5/2017 - DerVerbrecher wrote: 84 Points

  General: Australia, McLaren Vale, Mollydooker --> well known for wines with high alcohol content.
  
  Look: Light yellow with some green reflexions.
  
  Smell: Floral Notes, pinapple, green pepper.
  
  Taste: Dry, very alcoholic, low accidity.
  
  Conclusion: Although technically ok, the wine has too much alcohol, is monotonic and is unbalanced. Moreover the price (approx. 18 EUR) is not reasonable. I prefer the reds from Mollydooker. Won't buy again.

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  4/15/2016 - Omar Khayyam Does not like this wine: 71 Points

  The nose is not so bad but the palate is just awful.
  
  Like a cheap vodka and vermouth cocktail that someone decided to treat with 300% new oak (although that might be overselling it); harsh pulp mill vanilla esters, astringent bitter herbal notes, very high alcohol, oily texture.
  
  We could not finish the glass.
  
  Poured some of this into a cream sauce before tasting it (just smelled to see it was not damaged) and the sauce turned out quite well so that's what keeping my score above 70.

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  4/5/2016 - dexterng wrote: 89 Points

  Always a pleasure! May be too heavy for someone taste, but I like it.

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  9/16/2015 - rpenn77 wrote: 92 Points

  Wonderful refreshing "alternative" white!

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