Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Color: straw. Smells: intense, tangy nectarine-apricot. Textures: plush, padded, lanolin, luxurious, with penetrating, gum-numbing acids. Flavors: like the smells, very mild sweetness, underlying minerals, touch of invigorating bitterness.
This is a phenomenal, fascinating wine, for those who like such things (which, sadly, excludes my wife). Unusual smell/flavor profile, with shimmering, flashing acids, and just off-dry flavor, though the acids are so intense, there could actually be a fair wallop of RS. It is Moelleux only in its viscosity and richness of texture. It is full of flavor and sensation, and completely out of the box in character. A bit like a van Gough flower painting with energetic strokes, light, idiosyncracy ... but I digress. My feelings are like those of Charlotte as she says to Wilbur, "I think you're spectacular, and that's all that matters."
This is a phenomenal, fascinating wine, for those who like such things (which, sadly, excludes my wife). Unusual smell/flavor profile, with shimmering, flashing acids, and just off-dry flavor, though the acids are so intense, there could actually be a fair wallop of RS. It is Moelleux only in its viscosity and richness of texture. It is full of flavor and sensation, and completely out of the box in character. A bit like a van Gough flower painting with energetic strokes, light, idiosyncracy ... but I digress. My feelings are like those of Charlotte as she says to Wilbur, "I think you're spectacular, and that's all that matters."