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$20, 5 stars, 95 points, dessert wine, sauternes, sweet white wine
Last weekend I had a big tasting night planned. The Clarendon Hills Syrah was the opener. I was then planning on doing a mini vertical of this wine with a 2011. Problem is that I absolutely loved this bottle and ended up finishing it and saving the other one for another night. I laid out two cheeses to go along with the sweet dessert wines. They deserve their own blog posts- simply out of this world.The wine was poured into my Riedel dessert glass where it showed off a light golden color and had a nose of apricots, honey and almond chips. I made note of a classy smoothness with light botrytis in the initial attack. Honey and melon jam came to mind after letting the wine swirl a bit. The first sensation was of light acidity which became cutting on the mid palate. Apricot tart with a sweet minerality on the back end was a really nice way to tail it off but I was in for a surprise. I timed a rather long finish over 90 seconds which added some cloying sweetness and hazelnuts on the finale. Exquisite and worthy of 95 points from me. Here’s the bonus….. it’s only $20 and I’m buying all I can get in 375ml bottles. If you like sweet wines, this one is an absolute stunner. 5 stars for this sticky. Salut….
Sounds like a very good wine. I see that you awarded 95 points only to 7 wines, so this should be a stunner…
It really is stunning. I got it at Total Wine, you should be able to find it. Let me know your thoughts! CHEERS
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