First time posting a long/real tasting note here.
Been sitting on this one for a year or two after getting it discounted from a local retailer in a clearance sale. Been saving it for a special occasion, but since my kids keeping getting sick every time I plan a wine night with ma buddies and I have been feeling underwhelmed by wine recently (a danger sign if there ever was one) I decided I needed to treat myself.
Straight out of the bottle the nose seems a bit closed but it is unmistakeable that this is no ordinary wine. Extremely herbal. Maybe celery? Tuscan Chicken with pasta? That lemon-parmegan-sundried -tomato-cream-salty-yeasty thing. On the palate it is tight! Salty above everything else. Mineral, good acidity, bright and very non-harsh.
After 10-15 minutes or so in the glass the nose is the same but just turned op to 11. Thyme, rosemary now also. Very special. Even smells salty. How is that possible? Palate has resolved into salted, sun dried lemon. Extremely intense and long, with the acidity keeping everything in check. Serrano, tomato puree even? All the time with the salted lemon thing keeping everything grounded.
I normally like my whites on the chill side, but as this warms in the glass it just becomes better and better. Absolutely ridiculous bottle of wine. I drink a lot of Chardonnay, old and new, but this hits different. Completely unrecognizable as a Chardonnay if I had not known. One of the most transcendental wine experiences I have had. 98/100.
by StainedInZurich