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by jdaw1 » 17:14 Sun 24 Dec 2017
Alex, Axel, Enrico, Julian, Phil, Tom, and two Wolfgangs met for luncheon on Wednesday 20
th December 2017 at
Otto’s Restaurant (182 Gray’s Inn Road WC1X 8EW).
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by jdaw1 » 18:35 Sun 24 Dec 2017
Cn27. Cloudy, red-brown 40% opaque. Palate had some high-toned elements: melons (not in
that sense), and spearmint. Excellently balanced, soft, but much lighter than perfect.
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by AHB » 20:59 Mon 01 Jan 2018
Deep brown in colour, the colour of polished olive wood; 90% opaque. Lovely Golden Syrup on the nose, sweet and honeyed but with the added interest of pepper dust and mandarin zest. A lovely texture on the palate, smooth and round with lots of brown sugar flavours and a wonderful mandarin acidity. Delightful development, rich and full palate but just delivers layer after layer of flavour and complexity. This port has a huge palate. The aftertaste is terrific; big, full of orange yet with dry cinnamon tannins coating the tongue. The finish really is astonishing as it moves through multiple phases. Great stuff. 95/100.
A good example of the difference in preference between JDAW's palate and mine. I loved this, he thought it a little light.
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by jdaw1 » 21:16 Mon 01 Jan 2018
AHB wrote: ↑20:59 Mon 01 Jan 2018
90% opaque.
Really? Err, no.
AHB wrote: ↑20:59 Mon 01 Jan 2018
Lovely Golden Syrup on the nose, sweet and honeyed but with the added interest of pepper dust and mandarin zest. A lovely texture on the palate, smooth and round with lots of brown sugar flavours and a wonderful mandarin acidity. Delightful development, rich and full palate but just delivers layer after layer of flavour and complexity. This port has a huge palate. The aftertaste is terrific; big, full of orange yet with dry cinnamon tannins coating the tongue. The finish really is astonishing as it moves through multiple phases. Great stuff. 95/100.
I agree complex, but complex
and delicate. A “huge palate”: really?
AHB wrote: ↑20:59 Mon 01 Jan 2018
A good example of the difference in preference between JDAW's palate and mine. I loved this, he thought it a little light.
Completely agree.
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by PhilW » 14:11 Thu 11 Jan 2018
Bottle in good condition, but very much the lesser of the wines present (not counting the faulty).
Rating: vg-