2009 d'Arenberg Roussanne The Money Spider

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 86.5 points

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  2/20/2012 - Kenmarchant wrote: 81 Points

  Pears, mango, vanilla slightly viscose with an apricot jam kind of finish. A typical roussanne.

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  6/3/2011 - Patrick - winereviewer.com.au wrote: 90 Points

  A very light yellow in colour, the nose is elegantly understated with citrus and almond characters.
  
  The palate displays ripe melon with richer stone fruits appearing as the wine softly transitions from front to back palate. There is just enough acidity to keep the mouth filling fruit from taking over and provides focus and structure.
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  4/9/2011 - graemeg wrote:

  2011 Sydney International Wine Show - Top 100 tasting (Menzies Hotel, Sydney): {screwcap, 13.5%} Turns out I tasted this back in February. For whatever reason, it seemed a little more attractive today. Mid-yellow colour. Faintly sweaty nose of pears and white-fleshed fruits. Hints of earth and leaves. It’s medium weight, with a phenolic aspect reminiscent of grape skins. Finishes a bit thick and warm. OK but not exciting.

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  2/18/2011 - graemeg wrote:

  2011 Sydney Royal Wine Show - Exhibitor's Tasting (Olympic Park, Homebush): {screwcap} A pungent, developing nose of marzipan, peach and honeydew. The palate tastes oddly confected and disjointed; on average it’s medium-bodied but seems to thud heavily on the palate with white-fleshed fruit flavours and a generally powdery texture, and then disappears into a very short finish of alarmingly low intensity. Again, a lower temperature would help, but drink up; this isn’t doing the variety any favours.

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