There are some women you come across, elfin, delicate, fragile individuals that give you the impression they'll break at the merest suggestion of contact, yet they have this irresistible charm - this allure, this intoxicating, seductive quality that just reels you in. This wine is like that.
Delicate citrus aromatics with a honeyed note; a coiled, tight, clenched fist of a wine in the mouth, revealing an almond, nutty element on entry, some Chablis-like oyster shell moving toward the spine of acid. For a wine that was fermented in 100% new French oak - you wouldn't know it, malo has imparted a gentle creaminess on the finish. Length, balance, fragility...subtle intensity. Would love to see how it evolves. 92+ - Very Good
Source: Sample
Source: Sample
Price: $45
Alcohol: 13%
Closure: Screwcap
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I subsequently learned that only 1 of the 5 barrels went through Malolactic fermentation (whereby harder malic acid is converted to softer lactic acid and actually not a true fermentation at all).
ReplyDeleteSo this wasn't true, the creaminess instead likely a result of the 100% new oak the wine saw. Doesn't change the assessment - still a stunner.