| 1/2 bottle, recently tasted at FH's farewell dinner, 2/11/2002. Well, this is definitely the highlight of the night. I simply cannot find words to describe the incredible sensation going on in my mouth when tasting what is arguably the greatest wine in the world! Here goes my humble/feeble effort... Colour: Liquid gold, a seductive glowing golden yellow. On the nose, an exquisite and delicate bouquet of peaches, apricot, quince, orange peel and pineapple - one can spend all night just breathing this in! On the palate, an explosion of flavours, multilayered, multidimensional... A rich creamy caramel fudge, suffused with all the fruit flavours detected in the bouquet but in a more concentrated form, plus coconut, vanilla beans and a thin veil of roasted rice! This sounds like the wine is cloying and syrupy with all the multitude of flavours clashing, but it isn't! Everything appears to be superbly balanced. The length was phenomenal and extraordinarily long. What a wine! What pleasure out of a small 1/2 bottle of liquid gold... Thanks again, FH! |
