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DATE OPEN: Saturday 22nd, June 2024
LOCATION: Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: Auction, $875 HKD (including premium)
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Ruby
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium to Medium(+) -> more Medium (+)
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Red fruits, strawberry, raspberry, red cherry, plum
- Secondary: Coffee, Cedar, Cloves, vanilla
- Tertiary: Earth, Mushroom, Forest Floor
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: Medium(+)
- Tannin: Medium(-)
- Alcohol: Medium, 13%
- Body: Medium
- Flavour Intensity: Medium(+)
- Flavour Characteristics: Similar to the nose but with more tertiary, the longer it breath the more tertiary notes
- Finish: Long (over 20s)
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Can age for a many more years!
DATE OPEN: Thursday 18th, April 2024
LOCATION: Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: Enoteca, $1,200 HKD
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Purple
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Red fruits, strawberry, raspberry, red cherry, blackberry, plum
- Secondary: Cedar, cloves, vanilla
- Tertiary: Savoury, meaty
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: Medium
- Tannin: Low
- Alcohol: Medium, 13%
- Body: Medium
- Flavour Intensity: Medium(+)
- Flavour Characteristics: Similar to the nose
- Finish: Medium(+)
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
<Additional Information>
DATE OPEN: Thursday 28th March, 2024 (evening)
LOCATION: Mr Tomahawk Louis Steak House, Admiralty, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: ???
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Ruby
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium(+)
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Red fruits (surprisingly), Red Cherry, White Pepper, Mint, Eucalyptus
- Secondary: Smoke, Vanilla, Toast, Clove
- Tertiary: Mushroom, Earth, Forest Floor (lots of tertiary aroma)
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: Medium(+)
- Tannin: Medium (Very integrated and smooth)
- Alcohol: Medium (13.5%), felt High
- Body: Medium(+)
- Flavour Intensity: Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics: Similar to nose
- Finish: Long
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Super great wine and paired with a tomahawk! One of the hidden Aussie gem wines!
DATE OPEN: Saturday 24th February, 2024 (evening)
LOCATION: Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: ???
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Ruby
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium(+)
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Red fruits, Raspberry, Strawberry, Black Pepper
- Secondary: Smoke, Vanilla, Toast, Clove
- Tertiary: Mushroom, Earth, Prune
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: Mediun(+)
- Tannin: Medium (Very little on the gum)
- Alcohol: Medium (13.5%)
- Body: Medium
- Flavour Intensity: Medium(+)
- Flavour Characteristics: Similar to nose
- Finish: Medium(+) (close to long, around 18 seconds)
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
<Additional Information>
DATE OPEN: 11 February 2024, 6pm
LOCATION: Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: (around $800-$900 HKD)
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Ruby
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium(+)
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Red fruit dominate; Rasberry, Canberry, Red Plum, Strawberry, Blackberry
- Secondary: Vanilla, Smoke, Cloves, Nut Meg
- Tertiary: Forest Floor, Mushroom
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: Medium(+)
- Tannin: Medium(+)
- Alcohol: High (14.5%)
- Body: Full
- Flavour Intensity: Medium(+)
- Flavour Characteristics: Same as nose
- Finish: Long
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging / Drink now
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For a 2008 the fresh fruit flavor is still present; so has potential to age further and develop more dried fruit characteristics
DATE OPEN: Saturday 13th January, 2024 (evening)
LOCATION: Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: $198 HKD
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Ruby
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Cherry, Rasberry, Black Pepper
- Secondary: Smoke, Vanilla
- Tertiary: Mushroom, Earth, Prune
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: High
- Tannin: Medium(+)
- Alcohol: High (15.5%)
- Body: Medium(+)
- Flavour Intensity: Medium(+)
- Flavour Characteristics: Similar to nose
- Finish: Medium(+)
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
<Additional Information>
DATE OPEN: Saturday 14th October, 2023 (evening)
LOCATION: Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: $720 HKD
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Ruby
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Red Plum, Cranberry, Violet, Spice
- Secondary: Toast, Smoke
- Tertiary: Meaty, Savoury, Prune, Mushroom, Earth, Leather
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: High
- Tannin: Medium(-)
- Alcohol: Medium
- Body: Medium
- Flavour Intensity: Medium(+)
- Flavour Characteristics: Similar to nose
- Finish: Medium(+) (maybe even Long)
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
<Additional Information>
DATE OPEN: 30th September, 2023, evening
LOCATION: Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: Zachys Auction, $1,250 HKD
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Ruby
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Red fruit dominate, such as strawberry, raspberry
- Secondary: Vanilla, cedar; nice oak flavours
- Tertiary: Bottle aging tertiary flavours like mushroom, forest floor, dried raspberry
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: Medium
- Tannin: Medium
- Alcohol: Medium
- Body: Medium
- Flavour Intensity: Medium(+)
- Flavour Characteristics: Same as the nose
- Finish: Medium(+) to Long
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good (almost Outstanding, maybe in a few more year)
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Very nice Burgundy, but with aging will improve… I still have 11 more bottles…
DATE OPEN: 12th August, 2023, evening
LOCATION: Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
PURCHASE: Direct from an Italian wine importer, $1,300 HKD
APPEARANCE
- Colour / Intensity: Medium Ruby
NOSE
- Intensity: Medium
- Aroma Characteristics:
- Primary: Red fruit dominate, such as strawberry (very similar to a French Pinot Noir)
- Secondary: Light toast and smoke, not too over powering
- Tertiary: Lots of bottle aging tertiary flavours like mushroom, forest floor
- Development: Developing
PALATE
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity: High
- Tannin: High
- Alcohol: High
- Body: Medium(+)
- Flavour Intensity: Medium(+)
- Flavour Characteristics: Same as the nose
- Finish: Medium(+)
CONCLUSION
- Quality: Very Good
- Readiness for drinking / Potential for aging: Can drink now, but has potential for aging
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Bottle breathed, started drinking after an hour and finished within two hours. Did have a small taste just after opening the bottle and it was very good upon opening. After breathing, the red fruit flavours did come out more, but there was not a significant difference from the first small taste to the final glass.
Paired this bottle over dinner with a pork tomahawk and roasted veggies.
A bottle that should be aged longer, to get more complex flavours; but for this price would you get a Burgundy red?
