Stephen Wong
Pale gold. Mild flinty reduction which peels back to reveal airy aromas of white flowers and icing sugar with spiced banana aromas. Complex yet subtle savoury aromas, ripe apricaot and cocoa rise and fall on the delicately perfumed nose. The palate is similarly ripe and soft with gently complex, accessible flavours and some late sappiness before tapering down to a pithy, fine-grained finish which is deceptively very long and smooth. A paradox of a wine, it is at once accessible with charming fruit but also contemplative and restrained; subtly concentrated with late mid-weight sappy flavours and elegant in a somewhat quiet way completely at easy with itself. Don't let this zen-like wine deceive you with its subtlety, it is one for the long haul, but I have a feeling it will always remain elegant even as it gains weight and reveals its power. Points: 96/100
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