1998 opus one11/19/2023 ![]() "A very pleasant wine to be sure, this one wins the day with its ripe cherry and proper cassis aromas buttressed by pushy oak. ![]() If rising above the vintage in both texture and continuity, and praiseworthy for those entirely significant accomplishments, it is nonetheless quite expensive for what it offers." A supple rounded entry leads to medium-depth, balanced, slightly tannin-toughened flavors, and, once again, oak accents fill out the small gaps in its young fruit. 2017 Boyer-Martenot Meursault-Charmes, 2012 François Lamarche Grands Échezeaux, 2005 Louis Jadot Bonnes Mares Grand Cru, 2003 Château Lafite Rothschild, 1998 V.C.C."A very pleasant wine to be sure, this one wins the day with its ripe cherry and proper cassis aromas buttressed by pushy oak.Copious notes of paraffin, nectarine and apricot dominate on the open palate with controlled sweetness and intensity, developing a light floral complex over time with superb deftness. Glorious stuff.Ģ006 Markus Molitor Haus Klosterberg Beerenauslese. From an outstanding vintage for South Australia, this wine is stuffed with a abundance of ripe shiraz that imparts sheer richness and opulence to match its stern graphite minerals, very full but well structured, turning slightly medicinal towards the finish. Looks like this will take many more years to turn the corner.ġ998 Three Rivers Shiraz, courtesy of Hsiang Sui. Again a deep impenetrable red, this wine is still dark and primal, cloaked in spicy tones of menthol and vanilla, saturating the palate with rich ripe syrah that is barely open, decidedly stern at the finish. Excellent.Ģ001 Veritas Hanisch, courtesy of Mr Young. Showing again an impenetrable crimson, this wine displays deep tones of licorice with a liberal splash of black pepper that imparted an immediate note of spice, framed by sweet bright tannins, its viognier component clearly discernible, positively glowing as it sat in the glass. Truly a wine of huge proportions, yet satiny smooth with excellent linearity, finishing on slightly spicy note. Displaying a deep impenetrable red, this wine is stuffed with warm ripe Barossa fruit of great concentration, oozing with sweet dark tannins and overtones of enamel, still primal. Highly promising.Ģ002 Wolff Blass Platinum, courtesy of Vic. That’s right…this is a made-in-China cabernet!! 2013 was its inaugural vintage. Turns out Ao Yun ( flying above clouds) is a cabernet grown at very high altitudes of 2600 metres in Yunnan. Still primal with quite a prominence of enamel from the new wood, slightly racy, finishing well with excellent linearity amidst splashes of spice. It reminded me somewhat of a Penfolds Bin 707. Deep purple, this wine is generous in ripe dark berries that exuded sweet tannins with a tarry quality, rather firm, full and lengthy though without much structure. ![]() Simply quite phenomenal.Ģ013 Ao Yun, courtesy of Li Fern, tasted blind. Deep dark inky red, this is a big wine possessing an abundance of black fruits, raspberries and red currants of immense depth with traces of enamel, still youthful, opening up well, glowing with great intensity of flavours that culminated in a lengthy finish. A Blancs de Noir, this wine displays a lovely hue with aromas of grapefruit and after burn with excellent depth of ash, ember and yeast on the palate amidst dryish textures.ġ995 Araujo Eisele Vineyard, courtesy of Hsiang Sui. Deep garnet red, throwing off some bottle stink followed by an attractive earthy pungency, rich in dark plums and dark berries on the palate supported by graphite minerals, very full, finishing with ferrous tones.Ģ012 Sea Smoke Sea Spray, courtesy of Li Fern. Deep purple, throwing off an intense bouquet of dark currants and blackberries, still expectedly tight with a dense body of fruit underscored by silky smooth detailed tannins, mellowing rather quickly in the glass to become more open and accessible but obviously still best to lay down for another decade or two.ġ998 Joseph Phelps Insignia, courtesy of Li Fern. Quite excellent.Ģ010 Opus One, courtesy of Miah Hiang. Not a New World, but who is complaining when such intense notes of ripe citrus and powerful yeasty tones seduce the senses with a rich presence of peaches, lime and clear citrus, attractively open and not too dry. Many of these are still youthful, fresh and big even after many years of bottle age.Ģ011 Champagne Marquet La Grande Ruelle. These are notes from an entire evening of New World wines at Yan, National Gallery Singapore, on.
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