Exceptional wine and so classically elegant (not using the B word) except its hiding an extra point of alcohol (14%) behind an unassuming pale hay glow that looks light and lean. I love the bait and switch.
The delicate sprinkled spices of lemon curd and vanilla and toasted coconut shaving juxtapose the power in the palette - weight and viscosity and length to go the distance, 10 years in, in a perfect spot.
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Some of the Loire crunch has smoothed out over 9 years, leaving an opaque unfiltered pretty wine with shy aromatic nuances and pretty of residual life, fruit, and vibrancy in the palette. Peppery cherry cough drops, cedar, and chalky minerals.
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2014 Kumeu River Chardonnay Hunting Hill
5/26/2024 - Elycohn Likes this wine: 93 Points
Exceptional wine and so classically elegant (not using the B word) except its hiding an extra point of alcohol (14%) behind an unassuming pale hay glow that looks light and lean. I love the bait and switch.
The delicate sprinkled spices of lemon curd and vanilla and toasted coconut shaving juxtapose the power in the palette - weight and viscosity and length to go the distance, 10 years in, in a perfect spot.
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2015 Domaine de l'Ecu Ange
5/19/2024 - Elycohn Likes this wine: 91 Points
Some of the Loire crunch has smoothed out over 9 years, leaving an opaque unfiltered pretty wine with shy aromatic nuances and pretty of residual life, fruit, and vibrancy in the palette. Peppery cherry cough drops, cedar, and chalky minerals.
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2018 Foradori Manzoni Bianco Fontanasanta
4/10/2024 - Elycohn Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Past its peak. Barely there leftovers of salty yuzu and almond.
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